Paul Wegener

Actor

Born: December 11, 1874
Died: September 13, 1948 (age 73)
From: 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.

Filmography (72)

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts (2025)
The Golem (archive footage)
The Golem (1960)
Director
Eyes of Love (1951)
Prof. Mochmann
Der große Mandarin
Der große Mandarin (1949)
Mandarin
Kolberg (1945)
Loucadou
The Molander Case
The Molander Case (1945)
Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen (1944)
Van der Kalk
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943)
The Mad Inventor
Diesel (1943)
Direktor Buz
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint (1943)
Bauer Termöhlen
Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
Leonhard von Krakow
The Great King (1942)
Gen. Czernitscheff
Das Mädchen von Fanö
Das Mädchen von Fanö (1941)
Ulerk Ohm
My Life for Ireland
My Life for Ireland (1941)
Sir George Beverley
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)
Krach und Glück um Künnemann (1937)
Director
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1937)
Director
Moscow Shanghai (1936)
Director
The Hour of Temptation (1936)
Director
August der Starke
August der Starke (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)
Director
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes (1934)
Director
Inge and the Millions (1933)
Bankier Seemann
Hans Westmar (1933)
Kuprikoff