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Werner Krauss is a Actor Allemand born on 23 june 1884 at Gestungshausen (German)

Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss
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Birth name Werner Johannes Krauss
Nationality German
Birth 23 june 1884 at Gestungshausen (German)
Death 20 october 1959 (at 75 years) at Vienna (Austria)
Awards Iffland-Ring, Grand Merit Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Werner Johannes Krauss (Krauß in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor.

Biography

Après des débuts au théâtre, il tient ses premiers rôles à l'écran à l'époque du cinéma muet et devient dans l'entre-deux-guerres l'une des vedettes de l'expressionnisme allemand. Son rôle le plus connu est celui du docteur Caligari dans Le Cabinet du docteur Caligari de Robert Wiene (1920).

Antisémite convaincu, il soutient le nazisme, est nommé par Goebbels vice-président de la Chambre du théâtre du Reich et est considéré par Hitler comme un ambassadeur culturel du Troisième Reich. Il joue des rôles de Juifs stéréotypés, notamment dans le film de propagande Le Juif Süss. Après-guerre, il est un temps empêché de travailler en raison de la dénazification. Il reprend sa carrière en 1950, mais sans retrouver son succès d'antan. Il reçut l'anneau de Iffland en 1954.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Werner Krauss (59 films)

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Actor

Paracelsus
Paracelsus (1943)
, 1h44
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Werner Krauss, Mathias Wieman, Fritz Rasp, Herbert Hübner, Franz Schafheitlin, Hilde Sessak
Roles Paracelsus
Rating67% 3.3704553.3704553.3704553.3704553.370455
Au XVIe siècle, la vie de docteur Paracelse, qui pratique la médecine d'une manière peu conventionnelle pour l'époque.
The Dismissal
The Dismissal (1942)
, 1h50
Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Emil Jannings, Margarete Schön, Christian Kayßler, Theodor Loos, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Hinz
Roles Geheimrat von Holstein
Rating72% 3.6472653.6472653.6472653.6472653.647265
The film shows Bismarck being dismissed by Wilhelm II of Germany and the dilettantes who surround him. An unscrupulous schemer plays on the king's desire to lead and so persuades him to the dismissal. This results in a disastrous two-front war by destroying Bismarck's treaty with Russia and leaving him to lament with the question of who would complete his work.
Süss, the Jew
Süss, the Jew (1940)
, 1h36
Directed by Veit Harlan
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer, Bernhard Goetzke
Roles Rabbi Loew
Rating49% 2.4993552.4993552.4993552.4993552.499355
The film begins with the coronation of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (Heinrich George), a man much beloved by his people, who swears an oath to obey the laws of the dukedom "according to the traditional Württemberg loyalty and honesty." However, the Duke soon becomes frustrated because the Württemberg Diet (the provincial council) refuses him the funds needed to maintain a lifestyle comparable to his neighboring sovereigns; in particular, he wants a personal bodyguard, an opera company, and a ballet company. Lacking funds even to purchase coronation gifts for the Duchess (Hilde von Stolz), the Duke sends a courtier to Frankfurt to borrow money from Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (Ferdinand Marian). Süß shows the emissary jewels and jewelry that are obviously beyond the Duke's means and then says that it would be his honor to provide the Duke with jewelry at a substantial discount. However, Süß insists on presenting the items to the Duke personally despite a ban against Jews (Judenbann) entering the city that has been in force for over a century. Armed with a pass from the Duke, Süß cuts his hair, shaves his beard, and dons "Christian" clothes so that he can enter Württemberg disguised as a Christian. As his carriage gets into an accident, Süß gets a lift from Dorothea Sturm (Kristina Söderbaum) to the city.
Robert Koch
Robert Koch (1939)
, 1h53
Directed by Hans Steinhoff
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films
Actors Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Hilde Körber, Raimund Schelcher, Bernhard Theodor Henry Minetti, Theodor Loos
Roles Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
Rating63% 3.1772353.1772353.1772353.1772353.177235
Un jeune médecin de campagne, le Dr Robert Koch, est désespéré de voir une épidémie de tuberculose emporter la vie de nombreux enfants dans son secteur. Déjà un enfant sur quatre est atteint par cette maladie insidieuse, et les parents doivent veiller sur ces enfants agonisants. Depuis des années, Koch recherche fébrilement l'agent infectieux de la tuberculose.
Burg Theatre
Burg Theatre (1936)
, 2h2
Directed by Willi Forst
Origin Austria
Genres Drama
Actors Werner Krauss, Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser, Karl Günther, Ady Berber, Erik Frey
Roles Friedrich Mitterer
Rating68% 3.4457453.4457453.4457453.4457453.445745
Vienne en 1900. Friedrich Mitterer, célèbre acteur du Burgtheater, voit prier dans l'église Leni Schindler, la fille du maître tailleur, et en tombe amoureux. Mais elle aime le jeune acteur inconnu Josef Rainer qui vit chez ses parents.
The Man Without a Name
The Man Without a Name (1932)
, 1h21
Directed by Roger Le Bon, Gustav Ucicky
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Werner Krauss, Fernandel, Helene Thimig, Mathias Wieman, Robert Goupil, Hertha Thiele
Roles Heinrich Martin
Rating63% 3.158113.158113.158113.158113.15811
Un industriel allemand officiellement mort ne parvient pas, près de quinze ans après la guerre, à faire reconnaître son identité. Désespéré, il décide de changer de nom, en abandonnant sa femme à son ancien assistant, lequel a pris sa place directoriale dans son usine. Enfin tranquille, il décide de se refaire une nouvelle vie.
Diary of a Lost Girl
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský, Arnold Korff, Andrews Engelmann
Rating77% 3.8927053.8927053.8927053.8927053.892705
Thymian Henning (Louise Brooks), the innocent, naive daughter of pharmacist Robert Henning (Josef Rovenský), is puzzled when their housekeeper, Elisabeth (Sybille Schmitz), leaves suddenly on the day of Thymian's confirmation. It turns out that her father got Elisabeth pregnant. Elisabeth's body is brought to the pharmacy later that day, an apparent suicide by drowning, upsetting Thymian.
The Student of Prague
The Student of Prague (1926)
, 1h31
Directed by Henrik Galeen
Origin German
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Conrad Veidt, Fritz Alberti, Werner Krauss, Agnes Esterhazy, Elizza La Porta, Ferdinand von Alten
Roles Scapinelli, Wucherer
Rating68% 3.438113.438113.438113.438113.43811
The film is set in the year 1820 and centers around a student at a university in Prague, Balduin. At a student-led outing to a country inn, Balduin encounters the figure Scapinelli who offers him money "for very low interest." Balduin believes him to be a loan shark and ignores him to go engage in a fencing match with another student. After the match, the viewer sees Scapinelli on a cliffside, watching a young woman (later revealed to be Margit, the daughter of a count) on horseback who is participating in a fox-hunt. He manipulates the situation such that the animals run amok and head towards the inn. Balduin sees Margit on the horse and catches her when she falls off. As a reward, he receives an invitation to her father's house, Count Schwartzenberg. There he becomes aware of his own poverty in comparison to Margit's fiance, who is a baron. Later that night, Scapinelli again comes for Balduin and makes an offer. Balduin signs a contract stipulating that Scapinelli can have anything in the room he wants in return for 600,000 florin. Balduin signs and Scapinelli takes out a small bag and proceeds to pour the entirety of the 600,000 onto the table. Scapinelli then takes his part: Balduin's reflection.