Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Born: November 24, 1885
Place of Birth: Cologne, Germany
Known For
Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Pietro der Korsar
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Kriemhild.
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
When Kriemhild, thirsty for revenge, marries to Etzel, king of the Huns, she invites King Gunther and his court to visit them, intending to finally take the life of the man responsible of her disgrace.
Destiny
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.
Spies
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
Filmography
as Konsul Henry Rasmus
as Rechnungsrat
as Schnellrichter in New York
as Direktor Bremer
as Kommissar Wiedemann
as Kapitän Ellis
as Prof. Canivet
as Stadtrat Müller
as Direktor Bodlfing
as Varieté-Direktor
as Oberst Flumms
as Kriminalrat Brandt
as Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
as Herr von Roden
as Leopold Dessauer
as Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
as Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler
as Maurer Mattern
as Merker
as Michele
as Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse
as Vasseur
as Burat-Laussade
as Lormand
as Haghi
as William Pitts
as Peter III
as Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian
as General Kish
as C.A. Rotwang
as Rossini
as King Etzel (Attila)
as King Etzel
as Cyrus Proctor
as Der Herr vom Berge
as Dr. Mabuse
as Dervish / Girolamo
as Upton
as Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
as Criminal (uncredited)