Cast & creator
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Best known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is 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. 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.
Also known as: Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Friedrich Rudolf Klein
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1913–1949 · acting roles
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Filmography (77)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Criminal (uncredited)
1920
Metropolis
C.A. Rotwang
1927
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1933
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
King Etzel (Attila)
1924
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse
1922
Destiny
Dervish / Girolamo
1921
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
King Etzel
1924Two Women
1938
Loves of Casanova
Peter III
1927
The Valley of Love
Herr von Roden
1935
Sergeant Berry
Dialogue
1938
Kora Terry
1940
Truxa
Varieté-Direktor
1937The Gypsy Baron
1927Tarakanova
Le Comte Chouvalof
1930
Parkstrasse 13
Direktor Bremer
1939
Spies
Haghi
1928Tingel Tangel
Don Fabio Coridon
1927
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse
1933Cat Walk
Landrat Krotkeim
1937
The Assumption of Hannele
Maurer Mattern
1934
The Heart of a Queen
1940
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian
1927
Die göttliche Jette
Stadtrat Müller
1937
Love's Arithmetic
1935
The Hour of Temptation
Kriminalrat Brandt
1936Wolga Wolga
Kosak Hadschi-Ali
1928
The Cossack and the Nightingale
Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
1936
Warning Shadows
1923
Dissatisfied Woman
Professor der Nervenklinik
1936
The Kaiser of California
1936
Border Patrol
Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler
1934Die Sandgräfin
1928
Die unvollkommene Liebe
Konsul Henry Rasmus
1940
Wedding in Barenhof
1942
Four Around the Woman
Upton
1921Das Mädchen aus Frisco
1927Rheinische Brautfahrt
Landrat
1939La maison des hommes vivants
1929
Das Geheimnis der Irren
1919
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Rechnungsrat
1939
You Belong to Me
Burat-Laussade
1929
The Queen Was in the Parlour
General Kish
1927
The Old and The Young King
Leopold Dessauer
1935
After Midnight
1938
The Court Concert
Oberst Flumms
1936
Elisabeth and the Jester
Michele
1934
Paganini
Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
1934
The Wandering Image
Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
1920
Menschen vom Varieté
Kommissar Wiedemann
1939Die Schreckensnacht im Irrenhaus Ivoy
Dr. Harry Walker
1920The Tannhof Women
Jakob Aigner
1934Wildes Blut
1920
The Yellow Flag
Kapitän Ellis
1937
Kennwort Machin
Schnellrichter in New York
1939
Das Licht am Fenster
1919The World Without a Mask
Merker
1934
Die schönste Frau von Paris
1928
The Stone Rider
Der Herr vom Berge
1923Der rosa Diamant
1926
The Sovereign
Direktor Bodlfing
1937A Strange Guest
Polizeipräfekt
1936
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
Cyrus Proctor
1923
Witches
1949Der Film von der Königin Luise - 1. Abteilung: Die Märtyrerin auf dem Königsthron
1913
Die lachende Grille
Rossini
1926
Madame Bovary
Prof. Canivet
1937
Wibbel the Tailor
Pangdich
1939Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins
William Pitts
1927Der Film von der Königin Luise - 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit
1913Der Fall Brenken
Bert Benson
1934Moral
Polizeipräsident von Simbach
1936
Pietro der Korsar
1925
Mädchenschicksale
Lormand
1928Intermezzo
Ponbiquet
1936The Shark
Vasseur
1930