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Werner Krauß

Actor
Born June 23, 1884Died October 20, 1959 (75 years)
Werner Johannes Krauss (Krauß in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • Theater of Blood
Known For
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • The Joyless Street
  • Jud Süß
  • Tartuffe
  • The Burning Soil
  • Waxworks
  • Paracelsus
  • Nana
  • Othello
  • The Treasure
  • Burg Theatre
  • This Ancient Law
  • Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death
  • Sohn ohne Heimat
  • The Falling Star
  • The Dismissal
  • Annelie
  • Hundred Days

Filmography

2014
2004
Tartuffe. the Lost Film · as Herr Orgon
1998
Universal Horror · as (archive Footage)
1973
Theater of Blood · as Shylock (film Clip From 'der Kaufmann Von Venedig')
1955
Sohn ohne Heimat · as Wilhelm Hartmann
1950
The Falling Star · as Lenura / Lenoir
1950
Prämien auf den Tod · as Dr. Schmidt
1943
Paracelsus · as Paracelsus
1942
Zwischen Himmel und Erde · as Justus Rottwinkel
1942
The Dismissal · as Geheimrat Von Holstein
1941
Annelie · as Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen
1940
Jud Süß · as Rabbi Loew
1939
Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death · as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
1939
1936
Burg Theatre · as Friedrich Mitterer
1935
Hundred Days · as Napoleon
1929
Napoleon at St. Helena · as Napoleon
1928
Looping the Loop · as Botto
1926
The Student of Prague · as Scapinelli, Wucherer
1926
Nana · as Count Muffat
1926
Secrets of a Soul · as Martin Fellman
1925
Tartuffe · as Herr Orgon
1925
1925
The Joyless Street · as Josef Geiringer
1925
Eifersucht · as Mann - Georges Ménard
1924
Waxworks · as Jack The Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
1923
Crown of Thorns · as Pontius Pilatus
1923
This Ancient Law · as Nathan, Der Professor
1923
The Treasure · as Svetelenz
1922
Nathan der Weise · as Nathan
1922
Othello · as Iago
1922
The Burning Soil · as Der Alte Rog / Old Rog
1921
Danton · as Robespierre
1921
Shattered · as Bahnwärter
1920
1920
Der Staatsanwalt · as Ziegelpeter
1920
1919
Opium · as Nung-Tschang
1918
1918
1918
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil · as Waldemar Gorsky
1918
1918
1918
1918
In dunkler Tiefe · as Cast
1917
1917
Die Pagode · as Dr. Remus
1917
Die Kaukasierin · as Cast
1917
Unheilbar · as Cast
1917
1917
Gesühnte Schuld · as Professor Marquardt
1917
Die Fremde · as Pan Hoang Amitaba
1916
1916
1916
1916
1916
Hoffmanns Erzählungen · as Conte Dapertutto
1914

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