Paul Wegener

Biography

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.

Known For

The Golem: How He Came into the World

The Student of Prague

Kolberg

The Magician

Madame DuBarry

The Golem

Sumurun

Rübezahl's Wedding

All Movies (65)

• FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts2025 · as The Golem (archive footage)
• The Golem1960 · as The Golem
• Eyes of Love1951 · as Prof. Mochmann
• Der große Mandarin1949 · as Mandarin
• Kolberg1945 · as Loucadou
• The Molander Case1945 · as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
• Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen1944 · as Van der Kalk
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors1943 · as The Mad Inventor
• Diesel1943 · as Direktor Buz
• Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint1943 · as Bauer Termöhlen
• Wedding in Barenhof1942 · as Leonhard von Krakow
• The Great King1942 · as Gen. Czernitscheff
• Das Mädchen von Fanö1941 · as Ulerk Ohm
• My Life for Ireland1941 · as Sir George Beverley
• Twilight1940 · as Förster Kuhnert
• Das Recht auf Liebe1939 · as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
• The Immortal Heart1939 · as Dr. Schedel
• Secret Mission1938 · as Morrow
• Stärker als die Liebe1938
• The Man with the Paw1935 · as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
• Only a Comedian1935 · as Staatsminister von Creven
• A Man Wants to Get to Germany1934 · as Ship Stoker
• Inge and the Millions1933 · as Bankier Seemann
• Hans Westmar1933 · as Kuprikoff
• Marshal Forward1932 · as Marschall Blücher
• The Mystery of Johann Orth1932 · as Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
• The Living Dead1932 · as Mörder
• Fundvogel1930 · as Professor Reutlinger
• A Daughter Of Destiny1928 · as Professor ten Brinken
• The Strange Case of Captain Ramper1928
• Die Welt ohne Waffen1927 · as Dr. Dankmar Tollen
• Svengali1927 · as Svengali
• Arme kleine Sif1927
• The Weavers1927 · as Fabrikant Dreißiger
• Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen1927 · as Vautrin
• Souls Aflame1926
• The Magician1926 · as Oliver Haddo
• Der Mann aus dem Jenseits1926
• Living Buddhas1925 · as Großlama
• The Film in the Film1924 · as Self
• S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen1923 · as Jack
• Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen1923 · as Niels Nissen
• Das Liebesnest1922
• Monna Vanna1922 · as Guido Gursino
• Herzog Ferrantes Ende1922 · as Herzog Ferrante
• Lucrezia Borgia1922 · as Micheletto
• Vanina1922 · as Gouverneur von Turin
• The Loves of Pharaoh1922 · as Samlak
• Roswolsky's Mistress1921 · as Eugen Roswolsky
• The Lost Shadow1921
• Steuermann Holk1920 · as Steuermann Holk
• The Golem: How He Came into the World1920 · as The Golem
• Sumurun1920 · as Der alte Scheich
• Der Galeerensträfling1920
• Figures of the Night1920 · as Thomas Bezug
• Madame DuBarry1919
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin1918 · as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
• Sleeping Beauty1917
• Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey1917 · as Hans Trutz
• The Golem and the Dancing Girl1917
• The Yoghi1916 · as Yogi / Rasmus
• Rübezahl's Wedding1916 · as Ruebezahl
• The Golem1915 · as Golem
• Evinrude1914
• The Student of Prague1913 · as Balduin - A Student / Self