Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: June 23, 1884

Death Date: October 20, 1959

Birth Place: Gestungshausen, Germany

IMDB

Distinguished stage actor who entered film in the early 1910s and, beginning with "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919), gained international recognition as one of the central performers of German expressionist cinema. Krauss later appeared in several Nazi propaganda films, the most notorious of which was "Jew Suss" (1940).

Credits

Actor Guest Producer Director Writer Music All Credits

Sohn ohne Heimat

Actor
Wilhelm Hartmann
Movie
1955

Der fallende Stern

Actor
Lenura / Lenoir
Movie
1950

Jud Süess

Actor
Rabbi Loew/Levy - Oppenheimers Sekretär/Schächter Isaak/seniler Alte
Movie
1940

A Royal Scandal

Actor
Theobald Maske
Movie
1927

The Student of Prague

Actor
Scapinelli, Wucherer
Movie
1926

Nana

Actor
Comte Muffat
Movie
1926

Secrets of a Soul

Actor
Martin Fellman
Movie
1926

Joyless Street

Actor
Movie
1925

Waxworks

Actor
Jack the Ripper/Spring-Heeled Jack
Movie
1924

Der Schatz

Actor
Svetelenz
Movie
1923

Das alte Gesetz

Actor
Nathan, der Professor
Movie
1923

Nathan der Weise

Actor
Nathan
Movie
1922

Othello

Actor
Iago
Movie
1922

Opium

Actor
Nung-Tschang
Movie
1920

The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariStream

Actor
Dr. Caligari
Movie
1919
96%

Photos

CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, (aka DAS KABINETT DES DOKTOR CALIGARI), Werner Krauss, 1920THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, (aka THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI, aka DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI), Werner Krauss (back), 1920THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, (aka THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI, aka DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI), Werner Krauss, 1920CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, 1920CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, (aka DAS KABINETT DES DOKTOR CALIGARI), Lil Dagover (extreme left), Werner Krauss (center in black), Conrad Veidt (front, second from right), 1920CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, (aka DAS KABINETT DES DOKTOR CALIGARI), Lil Dagover, Werner Krauss, CVonrad Veidt, 1920