Paul Wegener — Actor (16)
The Golem (1915) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Der Golem
director: Paul Wegener / Henrik Galeen actor: Paul Wegener / Rudolf Blümner
other title: Der Golem / El Golem
This mostly lost film is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble of an old synagogue in the 20th century. Brought to life by an antique dealer, the golem is used as a menial servant. Eventually falling in love with the dealer's wife, it goes on a murderous rampage when its love for her goes unanswered.
The Magician (1926) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Magician
director: Rex Ingram actor: Alice Terry / Paul Wegener
other title: Der Magier / Le Magicien
A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.
A Daughter Of Destiny (1928) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Alraune
director: Henrik Galeen actor: Brigitte Helm / Paul Wegener
other title: La mandragora / Alraune
Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, sociopathic scientist who combines the genes of an executed murderer with those of a prostitute. The result is a beautiful young woman named Alraune (Brigitte Helm), who is incapable of feeling any real emotions -- least of all guilt or regret. Upon attaining adulthood, Alraune sets about to seduce and destroy every male who crosses her path. Ultimately, Professor Brinken is hoist on his own petard when he falls hopelessly in love with Alraune himself. Alraune was remade in 1930, with Brigitte Helm repeating her role, and again in 1951, with Hildegarde Knef as the "heroine" and Erich von Stroheim as her misguided mentor.
Figures of the Night (1920) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Nachtgestalten
director: Richard Oswald actor: Paul Wegener / Erik Charell
other title: Nachtgestalten
"Night people". Thomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple, who hardly can move on his crutches. He dwells a fanatical love for his son, whom he holds like a monkey in a cage. His servants are defaced dwarfs. His secretary is trying to steal Bezugs assets. These are the night people.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
director: Paul Wegener actor: Wilhelm Diegelmann / Elsa Wagner
other title: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln / Der Rattenfänger
A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.
The Student of Prague (1913) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Der Student von Prag
director: Stellan Rye actor: Paul Wegener / Grete Berger
other title: Lo studente di Praga / O Estudante de Praga
Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
The Film in the Film (1924) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Der Film im Film
director: Friedrich Porges actor: Ernst Deutsch / E.A. Dupont
other title: Der Film im 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.
The Immortal Heart (1939) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Das unsterbliche Herz
director: Veit Harlan actor: Kristina Söderbaum / Heinrich George
other title: Das unsterbliche Herz / Corazón inmortal
Nuremberg durting the time of Albrecht Durer and the famous geographer Martin Behaim: the locksmith Peter Henlein is looking for a way to make bullets more accurate by designing a new form. Just as he welds together two round balls into an elongated shape, he believes he's discovered that his assistant Konrad is trying to alienate his wife from him. There is a struggle, during which Henlein's new kind of bullet strikes him in the chest. The doctor, unaware that there are two bullets lodged in his body, because there was only one shot, only removes one.
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ramper, der Tiermensch
director: Max Reichmann actor: Paul Wegener / Mary Johnson
other title: Ramper, der Tiermensch
Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.
Vanina (1922) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit
other title: Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit
Vanina loves rebel leader Octavio, who gets caught. He gets a pardon and marries Vanina. When he is captured again, Vanina helps him to escape prison. They are both caught, and after his execution she dies from grief.