Paul Wegener
Acting
Born 1874-12-11 · 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.
Known for
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923 · Movie
Figures of the Night
1920 · Movie
Fundvogel
1930 · Movie
Der Galeerensträfling
1920 · Movie
Stärker als die Liebe
1938 · Movie
Roswolsky's Mistress
1921 · Movie
Monna Vanna
1922 · Movie
Inge and the Millions
1933 · Movie
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926 · Movie
Arme kleine Sif
1927 · Movie
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943 · Movie
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
1920 · Movie
Svengali
1927 · Movie
Dagfin
1926 · Movie
Secret Mission
1938 · Movie
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922 · Movie
The Weavers
1927 · Movie
The Golem
1915 · Movie
The Yoghi
1916 · Movie
The Film in the Film
1924 · Movie
The Great King
1942 · Movie
Madame DuBarry
1919 · Movie
Eyes of Love
1951 · Movie
Zwielicht
1940 · Movie
The Immortal Heart
1939 · Movie
Kolberg
1945 · Movie
Only a Comedian
1935 · Movie
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922 · Movie
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1927 · Movie
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
1942 · Movie
The Living Dead
1932 · Movie
Das Recht auf Liebe
1939 · Movie
The Man with the Paw
1935 · Movie
Living Buddhas
1925 · Movie
The Lost Shadow
1921 · Movie
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928 · Movie
The Magician
1926 · Movie
Diesel
1943 · Movie
Sumurun
1920 · Movie
The Student of Prague
1913 · Movie
Sleeping Beauty
1917 · Movie
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934 · Movie
Hans Westmar
1933 · Movie
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917 · Movie
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928 · Movie
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918 · Movie
Lucrezia Borgia
1922 · Movie
Vanina
1922 · Movie
Rübezahl's Wedding
1916 · Movie
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917 · Movie
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025 · Movie
The Golem
1960 · Movie