Actor
Paul Wegener
151 years · Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland] · 57 films
Paul Wegener was a German actor known for his pioneering roles in Expressionist films. He can also be considered a father of horror for his breakout role in The Student of Prague (1913). Wegener maintained a career throughout and after the Nazi era, starring in his last film in 1948.
Best known for
Filmography 57
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025 · The Golem (archive footage)
The Golem
1960 · The Golem, Director
Eyes of Love
1951 · Prof. Mochmann
Kolberg
1945 · Loucadou
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943 · The Mad Inventor
Diesel
1943 · Direktor Buz
Wedding in Barenhof
1942 · Leonhard von Krakow
The Great King
1942 · Gen. Czernitscheff
Twilight
1940 · Förster Kuhnert
Das Recht auf Liebe
1939 · Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
The Immortal Heart
1939 · Dr. Schedel
Secret Mission
1938 · Morrow
Stärker als die Liebe
1938 · Actor
Krach und Glück um Künnemann
1937 · Director
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1937 · Director
Moscow Shanghai
1936 · Director
The Hour of Temptation
1936 · Director
The Man with the Paw
1935 · Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
Only a Comedian
1935 · Staatsminister von Creven
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934 · Ship Stoker, Director
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
1934 · Director
Inge and the Millions
1933 · Bankier Seemann
Hans Westmar
1933 · Kuprikoff
The Living Dead
1932 · Mörder