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.
2025FASCISM(s): A Film in Six PartsMovieas The Golem (archive footage)
1960The GolemMovieas The Golem · Director
1951Eyes of LoveMovieas Prof. Mochmann1945KolbergMovieas Loucadou
1943Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsMovieas The Mad Inventor1943DieselMovieas Direktor Buz1942Wedding in BarenhofMovieas Leonhard von Krakow1942The Great KingMovieas Gen. Czernitscheff
1940TwilightMovieas Förster Kuhnert
1939Das Recht auf LiebeMovieas Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol1939The Immortal HeartMovieas Dr. Schedel
1938Secret MissionMovieas Morrow
1938Stärker als die LiebeMovie
1937Krach und Glück um KünnemannMovieDirector
1937Unter Ausschluß der ÖffentlichkeitMovieDirector
1936Moscow ShanghaiMovieDirector
1936The Hour of TemptationMovieDirector
1935The Man with the PawMovieas Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank1935Only a ComedianMovieas Staatsminister von Creven1934A Man Wants to Get to GermanyMovieas Ship Stoker · Director
1934Die Freundin eines großen MannesMovieDirector
1933Inge and the MillionsMovieas Bankier Seemann1933Hans WestmarMovieas Kuprikoff1932The Living DeadMovieas Mörder
1930FundvogelMovieas Professor Reutlinger1928A Daughter Of DestinyMovieas Professor ten Brinken
1928The Strange Case of Captain RamperMovieWriter
1927SvengaliMovieas Svengali
1927Arme kleine SifMovie
1927The WeaversMovieas Fabrikant Dreißiger
1927Glanz und Elend der KurtisanenMovieas Vautrin
1926Souls AflameMovie1926The MagicianMovieas Oliver Haddo
1926Der Mann aus dem JenseitsMovie
1925Living BuddhasMovieas Großlama · Director · Writer
1924The Film in the FilmMovieas Self
1923S.O.S. Die Insel der TränenMovieas Jack
1922Monna VannaMovieas Guido Gursino
1922Herzog Ferrantes EndeMovieas Herzog Ferrante · Director · Writer1922Lucrezia BorgiaMovieas Micheletto1922VaninaMovieas Gouverneur von Turin1922The Loves of PharaohMovieas Samlak
1921Roswolsky's MistressMovieas Eugen Roswolsky
1921The Lost ShadowMovieWriter1920The Golem: How He Came into the WorldMovieas The Golem · Director · Screenplay1920SumurunMovieas Der alte Scheich
1920Der GaleerensträflingMovieWriter
1920Figures of the NightMovieas Thomas Bezug1919Madame DuBarryMovie
1918The Pied Piper of HamelinMovieas Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel) · Director · Writer
1917Sleeping BeautyMovie
1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyMovieas Hans Trutz · Director · Writer
1917The Golem and the Dancing GirlMovieDirector · Writer
1916The YoghiMovieas Yogi / Rasmus · Director · Writer
1916Rübezahl's WeddingMovieas Ruebezahl · Director · Screenplay1915The GolemMovieas Golem · Director · Screenplay1913The Student of PragueMovieas Balduin - A Student / Self · Screenplay