Rudolf Klein-Rogge

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Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Acting November 24, 1885

Cologne, Germany

Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as…

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Metropolis

Metropolis

8.1 1927 Movie
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

7.9 1920 Movie
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

7.6 1933 Movie
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

7.7 1922 Movie
Destiny

Destiny

7.4 1921 Movie
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

7.7 1924 Movie
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

7.5 1924 Movie
Spies

Spies

7.4 1928 Movie
Warning Shadows

Warning Shadows

6.6 1923 Movie
Loves of Casanova

Loves of Casanova

6.3 1927 Movie
Four Around the Woman

Four Around the Woman

6.0 1921 Movie
The Wandering Image

The Wandering Image

6.1 1920 Movie

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Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's Weimar-era films. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking audiences, for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1949
    Witches

    Movie

  2. 1942
    Wedding in Barenhof

    Movie

  3. 1940
    Kora Terry

    Movie

  4. 1940
    The Heart of a Queen

    Movie

  5. 1940
    Die unvollkommene Liebe

    Movie Konsul Henry Rasmus

  6. 1939
    Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

    Movie Rechnungsrat

  7. 1939
    Rheinische Brautfahrt

    Movie Landrat

  8. 1939
    Kennwort Machin

    Movie Schnellrichter in New York

  9. 1939
    Wibbel the Tailor

    Movie Pangdich

  10. 1939
    Parkstrasse 13

    Movie Direktor Bremer

  11. 1939
    Menschen vom Varieté

    Movie Kommissar Wiedemann

  12. 1938
    Sergeant Berry

    Movie Dialogue

  13. 1938
    Two Women

    Movie

  14. 1938
    After Midnight

    Movie

  15. 1937
    Cat Walk

    Movie Landrat Krotkeim

  16. 1937
    The Yellow Flag

    Movie Kapitän Ellis

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  1. 1937
    Madame Bovary

    Movie Prof. Canivet

  2. 1937
    Die göttliche Jette

    Movie Stadtrat Müller

  3. 1937
    The Sovereign

    Movie Direktor Bodlfing

  4. 1937
    Truxa

    Movie Varieté-Direktor

  5. 1936
    The Court Concert

    Movie Oberst Flumms

  6. 1936
    Intermezzo

    Movie Ponbiquet

  7. 1936
    Dissatisfied Woman

    Movie Professor der Nervenklinik

  8. 1936
    The Hour of Temptation

    Movie Kriminalrat Brandt

  9. 1936
    Moral

    Movie Polizeipräsident von Simbach

  10. 1936
    The Kaiser of California

    Movie

  11. 1936
    The Cossack and the Nightingale

    Movie Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler

  12. 1936
    A Strange Guest

    Movie Polizeipräfekt

  13. 1935
    The Valley of Love

    Movie Herr von Roden

  14. 1935
    Love's Arithmetic

    Movie

  15. 1935
    The Old and The Young King

    Movie Leopold Dessauer

  16. 1934
    The Tannhof Women

    Movie Jakob Aigner

  17. 1934
    Der Fall Brenken

    Movie Bert Benson

  18. 1934
    Paganini

    Movie Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons

  19. 1934
    Border Patrol

    Movie Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler

  20. 1934
    The Assumption of Hannele

    Movie Maurer Mattern

  21. 1934
    The World Without a Mask

    Movie Merker

  22. 1934
    Elisabeth and the Jester

    Movie Michele

  23. 1933
    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

    Movie Dr. Mabuse

  24. 1933
    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

    Movie Dr. Mabuse