Werner Krauss
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: June 23, 1884
Place of Birth: Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany
Known For
Burg Theatre
In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.
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.
The Film in the Film
The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and E.A. Dupont.
Tartuffe
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.
Nathan der Weise
Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Universal Horror
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
Looping the Loop
Botto the Clown is in love with the much younger Blanche but she is in love with the handsome daredevil acrobate Andre.
Prämien auf den Tod
In order to impress a socially superior woman with money, an unsuccessful insurance agent commits sophisticated fraud: he concludes contracts with fictitious people and collects the insurance sums after their "death". However, his first fictional persona is his downfall.
Othello
Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.
Annelie
On New Year′s Eve 1871 Annelie is born – 15 minutes too late, since her parents had calculated her birth to be exactly at midnight. These 15 minutes will again and again become the girl′s fate.
Filmography
as Death (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Wilhelm Hartmann
as Lenura / Lenoir
as Dr. Schmidt
as Paracelsus
as Geheimrat von Holstein
as Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen
as Rabbi Loew
as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
as Friedrich Mitterer
as Napoleon
as Heinrich Martin
as General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
as Botto
as Theophil Schimmelpfenning
as Kitty Lerron
as Martin Fellman
as Willibald Cooks
as Ibrahim Hulam
as Fürst Colalto
as Scapinelli, Wucherer
as Count Muffat
as Herr Orgon
as Hjalmar Ekdal
as Der Idiot
as Arent Bergh
as Mann - Georges Ménard
as Josef Geiringer
as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
as Self
as Soldan
as Pontius Pilatus
as Nathan, der Professor
as Dr. Jüttner
as Shylock (Mordecai)
as Emil Raffke
as Svetelenz
as Nathan
as Der alte Rog / Old Rog
as Iago
as Philipp Hogger
as Lord William Hamilton
as Bahnwärter
as Robespierre
as Harlander
as Ferryman
as Dr. Caligari
as Premier
as The Cripple
as Dr. Remus
as Mazeppa
as Dr. Wenning
as Mann
as Bauer Grödner
as Nung-Tschang
as Philipp Galen
as Gonzales
as Meinert
as Waldemar Gorsky
as The artist
as Albert von Sievers
as Death
as Conte Dapertutto