Werner Krauss
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Werner Johannes Krauss (Krauß in German) (23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German
stage and film actor.
in Upper Franconia
, where his grandfather was Protestant
pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau (present-day Wrocław) and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg
(Kluczbork). After it became known that he worked as an extra
at the Breslau Lobe theatre, he was suspended from classes and decided to join a travelling theatre company.
municipal theatre and later played in Magdeburg
, Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), at the Theater Aachen
, in Nuremberg
and Munich
.
By the agency of Alexander Moissi, in 1913 he met the noted theatre director Max Reinhardt
, who took Krauss to his Deutsches Theater
in Berlin
. However, Krauss initially only got minor and secondary roles like King Claudius
in Shakespeare's Hamlet
or Mephistopheles
in Goethe's Faust
, wherefore after his military discharge as a midshipman
of the German Navy
in 1916 he also pursued a career as a film actor.
Committed to playing sinister characters, Krauss became a worldwide sensation for his demonic portrayal of the titular character in Robert Wiene
's 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
. He also played the title role of William Shakespeare
's Othello
in a 1920 adaption, and played Iago
in a 1922 adaptation. He was prominently featured in Paul Leni
's Waxworks
(1924), Ewald Andre Dupont
's Varieté
(1925), F.W. Murnau's Herr Tartüff, and The Student of Prague
(1926). He still appeared on stage of the Deutsches Theater, as in Strindberg's A Dream Play
filling five roles or as Wilhelm Voigt
in the 1931 premiere of Zuckmayers The Captain of Köpenick
, and guest performances even brought him to London
and New York
.
In 1933 Krauss joined the Vienna Burgtheater
ensemble to perform in Campo di Maggio , a drama written by Giovacchino Forzano
together with Benito Mussolini
, whereafter he was received by the Italian dictator and also made the acquaintance of German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels
.
ideology. Goebbels appointed him Vice president of the Reichskulturkammer
theatre department and granted him the title of an "Actor of the State". Adolf Hitler
rated him as a cultural ambassador of Nazi Germany
. Krauss and his long-time mentor Max Reinhardt met for the last time at the 1937 Salzburg Festival
, shortly before Reinhardt's emigration to the United States.
He simultaneously played the roles of several stereotypical Jewish characters – among them Rabbi Loew and Sekretar Levy – in Veit Harlan
's notoriously antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß
(1940), implementing Harlan's concept of a common Jewish root.
He also played Shylock
in Lothar Müthel
's extreme production of The Merchant of Venice
staged at the Burgtheater in 1943. The next year his name was added to the Gottbegnadeten list
.
, Krauss was 'forgiven' to the extent of being invited to German film festivals. In 1954, Krauss was awarded the Order of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1955, he received the High Decoration of the Republic of Austria.
Krauss died in relative obscurity in Vienna
, Austria
in 1959. He was cremated.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
stage and film actor.
Early life
Krauss was born at the parsonage of GestungshausenSonnefeld
Sonnefeld is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany.-Notable residents:*Friedrich Geißhardt , a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace...
in Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia is a Regierungsbezirk of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia , all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern .With more than 200 independent breweries which brew...
, where his grandfather was Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau (present-day Wrocław) and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg
Kluczbork
Kluczbork is a town in southwestern Poland with 26,670 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Kluczbork County and an important railroad junction. In Kluczbork the major rail line from Katowice splits into two directions - westwards to Wroclaw and northwards to Poznań...
(Kluczbork). After it became known that he worked as an extra
Extra (actor)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...
at the Breslau Lobe theatre, he was suspended from classes and decided to join a travelling theatre company.
Early career
In 1903 he debuted at the GubenGuben
Guben is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 20,049...
municipal theatre and later played in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
, Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), at the Theater Aachen
Theater Aachen
Theater Aachen is a theatre in Aachen, Germany. It is the principal venue in that city for operas, musical theatre, plays, and concerts. It is the home of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra. Construction on the original theatre began in 1822 and it opened on 15 May 1825...
, in Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
and Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
.
By the agency of Alexander Moissi, in 1913 he met the noted theatre director Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt
----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...
, who took Krauss to his Deutsches Theater
Deutsches Theater
The Deutsches Theater in Berlin is a well-known German theatre. It was built in 1850 as Friedrich-Wilhelm-Städtisches Theater, after Frederick William IV of Prussia. Located on Schumann Street , the Deutsches Theater consists of two adjoining stages that share a common, classical facade...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. However, Krauss initially only got minor and secondary roles like King Claudius
King Claudius
King Claudius is a character and the antagonist from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle to Hamlet. He obtained the throne of Denmark by murdering his own brother with poison and then marrying the late king's widow...
in Shakespeare's Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
or Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles is a demon featured in German folklore...
in Goethe's Faust
Goethe's Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: and . Although written as a closet drama, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages...
, wherefore after his military discharge as a midshipman
Midshipman
A midshipman is an officer cadet, or a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Kenya...
of the German Navy
German Navy
The German Navy is the navy of Germany and is part of the unified Bundeswehr .The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet of the revolutionary era of 1848 – 52 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy...
in 1916 he also pursued a career as a film actor.
Committed to playing sinister characters, Krauss became a worldwide sensation for his demonic portrayal of the titular character in Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...
's 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene from a screenplay by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. It is one of the most influential of German Expressionist films and is often considered one of the greatest horror movies of the silent era. This movie is cited as...
. He also played the title role of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's Othello
Othello
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
in a 1920 adaption, and played Iago
Iago
Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello . The character's source is traced to Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi . There, the character is simply "the ensign". Iago is a soldier and Othello's ancient . He is the husband of Emilia,...
in a 1922 adaptation. He was prominently featured in Paul Leni
Paul Leni
Paul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in...
's Waxworks
Waxworks (film)
Waxworks is a 1924 fantasy/horror silent film directed by Paul Leni. The film is about a writer who accepts a job from a waxworks proprietor to write a series of stories about the exhibits of Caliph of Baghdad , Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper in order to boost business.Although...
(1924), Ewald Andre Dupont
Ewald André Dupont
Ewald André Dupont was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont....
's Varieté
Varieté
Variety is a 1925 silent drama film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont based on the novel Der Eid des Stephan Huller by . Jannings portrays "Boss Huller," an ex-trapeze artist who runs a seedy carnival with his wife and child...
(1925), F.W. Murnau's Herr Tartüff, and The Student of Prague
The Student of Prague (1926 film)
The Student of Prague is a 1926 silent film by actor and filmmaker Henrik Galeen. It is a remake of The Student of Prague , directed by Stellan Rye. It is considered as Galeen's most important film since The Golem, which he co-directed in 1915 with Paul Wegener...
(1926). He still appeared on stage of the Deutsches Theater, as in Strindberg's A Dream Play
A Dream Play
A Dream Play was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important precursor to both dramatic Expressionism and Surrealism.-Plot:The primary...
filling five roles or as Wilhelm Voigt
Wilhelm Voigt
Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt was a German impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as The Captain of Köpenick ....
in the 1931 premiere of Zuckmayers The Captain of Köpenick
The Captain of Köpenick (play)
The Captain of Köpenick is a satirical play by the German dramatist Carl Zuckmayer. First produced in 1931, the play tells the story, based on a true event that happened in 1906, of a down-on-his-luck ex-convict shoemaker who impersonates a Prussian Guards officer, holds the mayor of a small town...
, and guest performances even brought him to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
In 1933 Krauss joined the Vienna Burgtheater
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
ensemble to perform in Campo di Maggio , a drama written by Giovacchino Forzano
Giovacchino Forzano
Giovacchino Forzano was an Italian playwright, librettist, stage director, and film director. A resourceful writer, he produced opera librettos for most of the major Italian composers of the early twentieth century, including the librettos for Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica and Gianni...
together with Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
, whereafter he was received by the Italian dictator and also made the acquaintance of German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism...
.
Nazi Germany
Krauss got himself into the NaziNazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
ideology. Goebbels appointed him Vice president of the Reichskulturkammer
Reichskulturkammer
The Reichskulturkammer was an institution of Nazi Germany. It was established by law on 22 September 1933 in the course of the Gleichschaltung process at the instigation of Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels as a professional organization of all German creative artists...
theatre department and granted him the title of an "Actor of the State". Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
rated him as a cultural ambassador of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
. Krauss and his long-time mentor Max Reinhardt met for the last time at the 1937 Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
, shortly before Reinhardt's emigration to the United States.
He simultaneously played the roles of several stereotypical Jewish characters – among them Rabbi Loew and Sekretar Levy – in Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan was a German film director and actor.-Life and career:Harlan was born in Berlin. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he first appeared on the stage in 1915 and, after World War I, worked in the Berlin stage. In 1922 he married Jewish actress and cabaret singer Dora Gerson; the couple...
's notoriously antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß
Jud Süß (1940 film)
Jud Süß is an antisemitic propaganda film produced in 1940 by Terra Filmkunst at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. The movie was directed by Veit Harlan, who wrote the screenplay with Eberhard Wolfgang Möller and Ludwig Metzger, and starred Ferdinand Marian and Harlan's wife Kristina Söderbaum.The...
(1940), implementing Harlan's concept of a common Jewish root.
He also played Shylock
Shylock
Shylock is a fictional character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.-In the play:In The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is a Jewish moneylender who lends money to his Christian rival, Antonio, setting the security at a pound of Antonio's flesh...
in Lothar Müthel
Lothar Müthel
Lothar Max Müthel was a German stage and film actor and director.Müthel was born in Berlin, Germany where he attended the acting school of Max Reinhardt, Schauspielschule, Berlin....
's extreme production of The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
staged at the Burgtheater in 1943. The next year his name was added to the Gottbegnadeten list
Gottbegnadeten list
The Gottbegnadeten list was a 36-page list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture. The list was assembled in September 1944 by Joseph Goebbels, the head of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, and Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler.The list exempted the designated artists from...
.
Postwar
After World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Krauss was 'forgiven' to the extent of being invited to German film festivals. In 1954, Krauss was awarded the Order of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1955, he received the High Decoration of the Republic of Austria.
Final years
In 1958, Krauss published his autobiography titled Das Schauspiel meines Lebens (The Play of my Life).Krauss died in relative obscurity in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
in 1959. He was cremated.
Filmography
- 1914: Die Pagode
- 1914: Die geheimnisvolle VillaDie geheimnisvolle VillaDie geheimnisvolle Villa is a 1914 short silent German film directed by Joe May and featuring Werner Krauss.-Cast:* Ernst Reicher - Stuart Webbs* Sabine Impekoven* Julius Falkenstein* Carl Auen* Werner Krauss* Max Landa* Eva May* Mia May...
- 1915: Die vertauschte Braut
- 1916: Nächte des GrauensA Night of HorrorA Night of Horror is a 1916 silent German horror film directed by Richard Oswald, Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss.-Cast:* Emil Jannings* Laurence Köhler* Werner Krauss* Hans Mierendorff* Ossi Oswalda* Lupu Pick* Lu Synd...
- 1916: Die Bettlerin von St. Marien
- 1916: Hoffmanns ErzählungenTales of Hoffman (film)Tales of Hoffman is a 1916 silent German drama film directed by Richard Oswald.-Cast:* Kurt Wolowsky – junger Hoffmann* Max Ruhbeck – Onkel* Paula Ronay – Tante* Werner Krauss – Conte Dapertutto* Friedrich Kühne – Coppelius, Brillenhändler...
- 1916: Zirkusblut
- 1916: Die Rache der Toten
- 1916: Das unheimliche Haus
- 1916: Der chinesische Götze
- 1916: Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil
- 1917: Unheilbar
- 1917: Die schöne Prinzessin von China
- 1917: Das Bacchanal des Todes
- 1917; Die Pagode
- 1917: Die Fremde
- 1917: Gesühnte Schuld
- 1917: E, der scharlachrote Buchstabe
- 1917: Die Tochter der Gräfin Stachowska
- 1917: Fräulein Pfiffikus
- 1918: Die schleichende Gefahr
- 1918: Wenn Frauen lieben und hassen
- 1918: Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
- 1918: Der Prozeß Hauers
- 1918: Das verwunschene Schloß
- 1918: Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
- 1918: Dida Ibsens Geschichte
- 1918: Colomba
- 1918: Madame d'Ora
- 1918: Mazeppa, der Held der Ukraine
- 1918: Der Friedensreiter
- 1919: Opium
- 1919: Prostitution / Das gelbe Haus
- 1919: Das Mädchen und die Männer
- 1919: Ewiger Strom
- 1919: Totentanz
- 1919: Die Frau mit den Orchideen
- 1919: Die Insel der Glücklichen
- 1919: Das ewige Rätsel
- 1919: Rose Bernd
- 1919: Phantome des Lebens
- 1919: Opfer
- 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariThe Cabinet of Dr. CaligariThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene from a screenplay by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. It is one of the most influential of German Expressionist films and is often considered one of the greatest horror movies of the silent era. This movie is cited as...
(dir. Robert WieneRobert WieneRobert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...
) - 1920: Die Frau ohne Seele
- 1920: Johannes Goth
- 1920: Die Brüder Karamasoff
- 1920: Die Beichte einer Toten
- 1920: Sieger Tod
- 1920: Die Frau im Himmel
- 1920: Der Staatsanwalt
- 1920: Christian Wahnschaffe (2 Teile)
- 1920: Die Kwannon von Okadera
- 1921: Das Medium
- 1921: Danton
- 1921: Scherben (dir. Lupu Pick)
- 1921: Die Beute der Erinnyen
- 1921: Das Haus in der Dragonergasse
- 1921: Sturmflut des Lebens
- 1921: Fledermäuse
- 1921: Der Tanz um Liebe und Glück
- 1921: Der Roman der Christine von Herre
- 1921: Lady Hamilton
- 1921: Zirkus des Lebens
- 1922: Othello (dir. Dimitri BuchowetzkiDimitri BuchowetzkiDimitri Buchowetzki was a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.-Selected filmography:Director* Lily of the Dust * The Swan * Valencia * The Crown of Lies...
) - 1922: The Burning Soil
- 1922: Luise Millerin
- 1922: Nathan der Weise
- 1923: Alt-Heidelberg
- 1923: Der SchatzThe Treasure (film)The Treasure is a 1923 silent German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. It was Pabst's debut film as a director.-Cast:* Albert Steinrück - Svetocar Badalic, Master Foundryman* Lucie Mannheim - Beate* Ilka Grüning - Anna...
- 1923: Fridericus Rex. 3. Teil: Sanssouci
- 1923: Der Menschenfeind
- 1923: Adam und Eva
- 1923: Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning
- 1923: Zwischen Abend und Morgen
- 1923: Der Kaufmann von Venedig
- 1923: Fräulein Raffke
- 1923: Der unbekannte Morgen
- 1923: Das alte Gesetz
- 1923: I.N.R.I.
- 1924: WaxworksWaxworks (film)Waxworks is a 1924 fantasy/horror silent film directed by Paul Leni. The film is about a writer who accepts a job from a waxworks proprietor to write a series of stories about the exhibits of Caliph of Baghdad , Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper in order to boost business.Although...
(dir. Paul LeniPaul LeniPaul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in...
) - 1924: Dekameron-Nächte
- 1925: Ein Sommernachtstraum
- 1925: Reveille, das große Wecken
- 1925: Die freudlose GasseDie freudlose GasseJoyless Street , a film based on the novel by Hugo Bettauer and directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst in France, is one of the first films of the "New Objectivity“ movement. Greta Garbo stars in her second major role...
(dir. Georg Wilhelm PabstGeorg Wilhelm Pabst-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
) - 1925: TartuffeTartuffe (film)Tartuffe is a German silent film produced by Erich Pommer for UFA and released in 1926. It was directed by F. W. Murnau, photographed by Karl Freund and written by Carl Mayer from Molière's original play....
(dir. Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauFriedrich Wilhelm MurnauFriedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...
) - 1925: VarietéVarietéVariety is a 1925 silent drama film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont based on the novel Der Eid des Stephan Huller by . Jannings portrays "Boss Huller," an ex-trapeze artist who runs a seedy carnival with his wife and child...
(dir. E. A. DupontEwald André DupontEwald André Dupont was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont....
) - 1925: Eifersucht
- 1925: Der Trödler von Amsterdam
- 1925: Die Moral der Gasse
- 1925: Das Haus der Lüge
- 1925: Die Dame aus Berlin
- 1925: NanaNana (1926 film)Nana is Jean Renoir's second full-length silent film and is based on the novel by Émile Zola.-Plot:A government official, Count Muffat, falls under the spell of Nana, a young actress. She becomes his mistress, living in the sumptuous apartment which he provides for her...
(dir. Jean RenoirJean RenoirJean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s...
) - 1926: Geheimnisse einer SeeleSecrets of a SoulSecrets of a Soul is a 1926 silent German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.-Cast:* Werner Krauss - Martin Fellman* Ruth Weyher - Seine Frau* Ilka Grüning - Die Mutter* Jack Trevor - Erich* Pavel Pavlov - Dr...
- 1926: Kreuzzug des Weibes
- 1926: Maria, die Geschichte eines Herzens / Das graue Haus
- 1926: The Student of PragueThe Student of Prague (1926 film)The Student of Prague is a 1926 silent film by actor and filmmaker Henrik Galeen. It is a remake of The Student of Prague , directed by Stellan Rye. It is considered as Galeen's most important film since The Golem, which he co-directed in 1915 with Paul Wegener...
(dir. Henrik Galeen) - 1926: Überflüssige Menschen
- 1926: Man spielt nicht mit der LiebeOne Does Not Play with LoveOne Does Not Play with Love is a 1926 silent German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. It is an adaptation of the 1834 play by Alfred de Musset, On ne badine pas avec l'amour...
- 1927: Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
- 1927: Laster der Menschheit / Laster
- 1927: Da hält die Welt den Atem an / Maquillage
- 1927: Die Hose
- 1927: Der fidele Bauer
- 1927: Funkzauber
- 1927: Die Hölle der Jungfrauen
- 1928: Looping the Loop
- 1929: Napoleon auf St. Helena
- 1931: YorckYorckYorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster. It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in Napoleon's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812.-Cast:*...
- 1932: Mensch ohne Namen
- 1935: Hundert Tage
- 1936: Burgtheater (dir. Willi ForstWilli ForstWilli Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer...
) - 1939: Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (dir. Hans SteinhoffHans SteinhoffHans Steinhoff was a German film director, best known for the films he made in the Nazi era. His most notable film was Ohm Krüger, for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival.-Filmography:*Hitlerjunge Quex...
) - 1940: Jud SüßJud Süß (1940 film)Jud Süß is an antisemitic propaganda film produced in 1940 by Terra Filmkunst at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. The movie was directed by Veit Harlan, who wrote the screenplay with Eberhard Wolfgang Möller and Ludwig Metzger, and starred Ferdinand Marian and Harlan's wife Kristina Söderbaum.The...
(dir. Veit HarlanVeit HarlanVeit Harlan was a German film director and actor.-Life and career:Harlan was born in Berlin. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he first appeared on the stage in 1915 and, after World War I, worked in the Berlin stage. In 1922 he married Jewish actress and cabaret singer Dora Gerson; the couple...
) - 1941: Annelie
- 1942: Zwischen Himmel und Erde
- 1942: Die EntlassungDie EntlassungDie Entlassung is a 1942 German film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner about the dismissal of Otto von Bismarck...
- 1943: ParacelsusParacelsus (film)Paracelsus is a 1943 German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, based on the life of Paracelsus.-Cast:* Werner Krauss - Paracelsus* Annelies Reinhold - Renata Pfefferkorn* Harry Langewisch - Pfefferkorn* Mathias Wieman - Ulrich von Hutten...
(dir. Georg Wilhelm PabstGeorg Wilhelm Pabst-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
) - 1949: Prämien auf den Tod
- 1950: Der fallende Stern
- 1955: Sohn ohne Heimat
- 1958: Das verräterische Herz (TV)