Rudolf Klein-Rogge
German actor (1885-1955) · Germany · On the map · Actors · Died at 69
Friedrich Rudolf Klein, better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best 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.
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Wedding in BarenhofFilm1940
Kora TerryFilm1938Two WomenFilm1937Cat WalkFilm, Landrat Krotkeim1936A Strange GuestFilm, Polizeipräfekt1934
Elisabeth and the JesterFilm, Michele1933
The Testament of Dr. MabuseFilm, Dr. Mabuse1930TarakanovaFilm, Le Comte Chouvalof1928
SpiesFilm, Haghi1925
Pietro der KorsarFilm1924
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's RevengeFilm, King Etzel (Attila)1923
The Stone RiderFilm, Der Herr vom Berge1921
DestinyFilm, Dervish / Girolamo1920
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariFilm, Criminal (uncredited)1885Born24 November 1885Known for
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Metropolis 1927
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried 1924
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler 1922
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933
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Fritz Lang Directed Metropolis and Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Bernhard Goetzke Also in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler and Destiny
Erich Pommer Produced Metropolis (1927)
Theodor Loos Also in Metropolis, Die Nibelungen and Spies
Grete Berger Also in Metropolis and Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Hans Steinhoff Directed Der alte und der junge König (1935)
Paul Richter Also in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
Georg John Also in Metropolis and Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Fritz Alberti Also in Metropolis and Die Nibelungen
Karl Platen Also in Destiny and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Hans Adalbert Schlettow Also in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
Giuseppe Becce Wrote The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Destiny
Paul Rehkopf Also in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse and Spies- Gottfried Huppertz Wrote Metropolis and Die Nibelungen
Emil Jannings Also in Der Herrscher (1937)
Aud Egede-Nissen Also in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
Alfred Abel Also in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
Gerhard Lamprecht Directed Madame Bovary and The Yellow Flag
Lydia Potechina Also in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler and Destiny
Gerhard Dammann Also in Madame Bovary and The Divine Jetta
Erich Dunskus Also in Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
Frida Richard Also in Die Nibelungen and Peter the Pirate
Philipp Manning Also in Robert Koch and Volga Volga
Klaus Pohl Also in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse and Spies
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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. Klein-Rogge also appeared in several important French films in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
