Werner Krauss

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Werner Krauss

Acting June 23, 1884

Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany

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, h…

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

7.9 1920 Movie
Landesschau Baden-Württemberg

Landesschau Baden-Württemberg

7.0 1957 TV Show
Tartuffe

Tartuffe

7.2 1926 Movie
Waxworks

Waxworks

6.4 1924 Movie
Joyless Street

Joyless Street

6.8 1925 Movie
Süss, the Jew

Süss, the Jew

4.4 1940 Movie
Nana

Nana

6.7 1926 Movie
Variety

Variety

6.7 1925 Movie
Secrets of a Soul

Secrets of a Soul

6.3 1926 Movie
The Student of Prague

The Student of Prague

6.6 1926 Movie
Universal Horror

Universal Horror

7.1 1998 Movie
The Burning Soil

The Burning Soil

6.3 1922 Movie

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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 1940 antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß (Süss, the Jew) and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2011
    Jedermann Remixed

    Movie Death (archive footage)

  2. 1998
    Universal Horror

    Movie (archive footage)

  3. 1958
    The Tell-Tale Heart

    Movie The Old Man

  4. 1957
    Landesschau Baden-Württemberg

    TV show self

  5. 1957
    Bacchus

    Movie Gesandter des Vatikans

  6. 1955
    Sohn ohne Heimat

    Movie Wilhelm Hartmann

  7. 1950
    The Fallen Star

    Movie Lenura / Lenoir

  8. 1950
    Prämien auf den Tod

    Movie Dr. Schmidt

  9. 1943
    Paracelsus

    Movie Paracelsus

  10. 1942
    The Dismissal

    Movie Geheimrat von Holstein

  11. 1942
    Between Heaven and Earth

    Movie Justus Rottwinkel

  12. 1941
    Annelie

    Movie Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen

  13. 1940
    Süss, the Jew

    Movie Rabbi Loew

  14. 1939
    Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

    Movie Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow

  15. 1939
    Der letzte Appell

    Movie

  16. 1936
    Burg Theatre

    Movie Friedrich Mitterer

More credits
  1. 1935
    Hundert Tage

    Movie Napoleon

  2. 1932
    The Man Without a Name

    Movie Heinrich Martin

  3. 1931
    Yorck

    Movie General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

  4. 1929
    Napoleon at St. Helena

    Movie Napoleon

  5. 1928
    Looping the Loop

    Movie Botto

  6. 1928
    Die Hölle der Jungfrauen

    Movie Mistkowski

  7. 1927
    The Merry Farmer

    Movie

  8. 1927
    Radio Magic

    Movie Theophil Schimmelpfenning

  9. 1927
    Make Up

    Movie Kitty Lerron

  10. 1927
    Die Hose

    Movie Theobald Maske

  11. 1927
    The Vice of Humanity

    Movie Willibald Cooks

  12. 1927
    Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit

    Movie Ibrahim Hulam

  13. 1926
    One Does Not Play with Love

    Movie Fürst Colalto

  14. 1926
    Superfluous People

    Movie Ortspolizist Suka

  15. 1926
    Das graue Haus

    Movie

  16. 1926
    The Student of Prague

    Movie Scapinelli, Wucherer

  17. 1926
    Nana

    Movie Count Muffat

  18. 1926
    Secrets of a Soul

    Movie Martin Fellman

  19. 1926
    Tartuffe

    Movie Herr Orgon

  20. 1926
    The House of Lies

    Movie Hjalmar Ekdal

  21. 1926
    The Wife's Crusade

    Movie Der Idiot

  22. 1925
    Die Dame aus Berlin

    Movie Anton Zöllner

  23. 1925
    Variety

    Movie

  24. 1925
    Der Trödler von Amsterdam

    Movie Arent Bergh