Cast & creator
Paul Wegener
Best known for The Golem: How He Came into the World, The Golem: How He Came into the World, The Golem: How He Came into the World
Paul Wegener was a German actor known for his pioneering roles in Expressionist films. He can also be considered a father of horror for his breakout role in The Student of Prague (1913). Wegener maintained a career throughout and after the Nazi era, starring in his last film in 1948.
Also known as: Paul Hermann Wegener
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1913–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (96)
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The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Golem
1920The Golem: How He Came into the World
Screenplay
1920The Golem: How He Came into the World
Director
1920
Kolberg
Loucadou
1945
The Student of Prague
Balduin - A Student / Self
1913The Student of Prague
Screenplay
1913
The Golem
Golem
1915The Golem
Screenplay
1915The Golem
Director
1915
The Weavers
Fabrikant Dreißiger
1927
The Loves of Pharaoh
Samlak
1922
Hans Westmar
Kuprikoff
1933
Rübezahl's Wedding
Ruebezahl
1916Rübezahl's Wedding
Director
1916Rübezahl's Wedding
Screenplay
1916
Moscow Shanghai
Director
1936
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
Director
1937
The Yoghi
Yogi / Rasmus
1916The Yoghi
Director
1916The Yoghi
Writer
1916
Krach und Glück um Künnemann
Director
1937
Only a Comedian
Staatsminister von Creven
1935Das Liebesnest
1922My Life for Ireland
Sir George Beverley
1941
Wedding in Barenhof
Leonhard von Krakow
1942Marshal Forward
Marschall Blücher
1932Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
Bauer Termöhlen
1943
Svengali
Svengali
1927
Twilight
Förster Kuhnert
1940
Living Buddhas
Großlama
1925Living Buddhas
Director
1925Living Buddhas
Writer
1925
Fundvogel
Professor Reutlinger
1930
The Hour of Temptation
Director
1936Steuermann Holk
Steuermann Holk
1920
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
The Golem (archive footage)
2025
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
1918The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Director
1918The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Writer
1918
Monna Vanna
Guido Gursino
1922Das Mädchen von Fanö
Ulerk Ohm
1941
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Hans Trutz
1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Writer
1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Director
1917
The Magician
Oliver Haddo
1926
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917The Golem and the Dancing Girl
Director
1917The Golem and the Dancing Girl
Writer
1917
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
Director
1934
Eyes of Love
Prof. Mochmann
1951
Figures of the Night
Thomas Bezug
1920
The Immortal Heart
Dr. Schedel
1939
The Film in the Film
Self
1924
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
The Mad Inventor
1943
Secret Mission
Morrow
1938
Inge and the Millions
Bankier Seemann
1933Der große Mandarin
Mandarin
1949
Vanina
Gouverneur von Turin
1922
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
Jack
1923
Lucrezia Borgia
Micheletto
1922Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
Niels Nissen
1923
Madame DuBarry
1919Peter Schlemihl
Director
1915
Sumurun
Der alte Scheich
1920
The Great King
Gen. Czernitscheff
1942The Mystery of Johann Orth
Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
1932
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Vautrin
1927
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
Ship Stoker
1934A Man Wants to Get to Germany
Director
1934
Das Recht auf Liebe
Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
1939
A Daughter Of Destiny
Professor ten Brinken
1928
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Herzog Ferrante
1922Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Writer
1922Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Director
1922
The Living Dead
Mörder
1932
Stärker als die Liebe
1938
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926
Arme kleine Sif
1927Die Welt ohne Waffen
Dr. Dankmar Tollen
1927
The Man with the Paw
Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
1935The Molander Case
Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
1945
Souls Aflame
1926
Roswolsky's Mistress
Eugen Roswolsky
1921
Diesel
Direktor Buz
1943Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
Van der Kalk
1944
Der Galeerensträfling
1920Der Galeerensträfling
Writer
1920August der Starke
Director
1936
The Lost Shadow
1921The Lost Shadow
Writer
1921
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
Writer
1928
Sleeping Beauty
1917Evinrude
1914
The Golem
The Golem
1960The Golem
Director
1960