
Paul Wegener
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.
65 acting credits · 18 directing credits
Acting · 65

The Golem: How He Came Into the World
1920

Sumurun
1920

Kolberg
1945

The Magician
1926

The Film in the Film
1924

The Student of Prague
1913

The Golem
1915

A Daughter Of Destiny
1928

Svengali
1927

Madame DuBarry
1919

Lucrezia Borgia
1922

A Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934

The Great King
1942

Diesel
1943

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918

Rübezahl's Wedding
1916
Marshal Forward
1932

Inge and the Millions
1933

The Living Dead
1932

Living Buddhas
1925
My Life for Ireland
1941

Sleeping Beauty
1917

Fundvogel
1930

The Weavers
1927

Vanina
1922

Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922

The Loves of Pharaoh
1922

The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025

Hans Westmar
1933
Der große Mandarin
1949

Eyes of Love
1951

Der Galeerensträfling
1920
The Molander Case
1945

Das Recht auf Liebe
1939
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
1923

Figures of the Night
1920

Dagfin
1926
The Mystery of Johann Orth
1932

Only a Comedian
1935

Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917

Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1927

The Immortal Heart
1939

Twilight
1940

Wedding in Barenhof
1942

Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926

Roswolsky's Mistress
1921

S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943
Das Liebesnest
1922
Die Welt ohne Waffen
1927
Evinrude
1914

The Lost Shadow
1921

Arme kleine Sif
1927

The Golem
1960

Secret Mission
1938
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1944

Stärker als die Liebe
1938
Steuermann Holk
1920

The Man with the Paw
1935

Monna Vanna
1922

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928

The Yoghi
1916
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
1943
Das Mädchen von Fanö
1941
Directing · 18

The Golem: How He Came Into the World
1920

The Golem
1915

A Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918

Rübezahl's Wedding
1916

Living Buddhas
1925

Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922

Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
1934

The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917

Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917

The Hour of Temptation
1936

The Golem
1960
August der Starke
1936

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1937

The Yoghi
1916

Krach und Glück um Künnemann
1937

Moscow Shanghai
1936
Peter Schlemihl
1915