Actor
Paul Wegener
December 11, 1874 · Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
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.
Often works with
Franz Schafheitlin
5 titles together
Kolberg, The Great King, My Life for Ireland
Lyda Salmonova
4 titles together
The Golem: How He Came into the World, The Golem, The Loves of Pharaoh
Jakob Tiedtke
4 titles together
The Golem, Sumurun, Kolberg
Heinrich George
4 titles together
Kolberg, Lucrezia Borgia, The Immortal Heart
Paul Henckels
4 titles together
Kolberg, The Great King, The Immortal Heart
Harry Liedtke
3 titles together
Sumurun, Madame DuBarry, The Loves of Pharaoh
Full filmography · 63
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
as The Golem (archive footage)
2025
The Golem
as The Golem and Director
1960
Eyes of Love
as Prof. Mochmann
1951Der große Mandarin
as Mandarin
1949
Kolberg
as Loucadou
1945The Molander Case
as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
1945
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as The Mad Inventor
1943
Diesel
as Direktor Buz
1943Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
as Bauer Termöhlen
1943
Wedding in Barenhof
as Leonhard von Krakow
1942
The Great King
as Gen. Czernitscheff
1942Das Mädchen von Fanö
as Ulerk Ohm
1941