Werner Krauss

Personal Info

Birthday

June 23, 1884

Day of Death

1959-10-20

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany

Also Known As

Вернер Краусс

Werner Krauss

Werner Johannes Krauss

Werner Krauß

Werner Krauss

Biography

Werner Johannes Krauss (Krauß in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the 1940 antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß (Süss, the Jew) and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.

Known For

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Nana

Waxworks

Süss, the Jew

Danton

The Burning Soil

Paracelsus

The Joyless Street

Filmography

2011
Jedermann Remixed
as Death (archive footage)
1998
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1958
The Tell-Tale Heart
as The Old Man
1957
Bacchus
as Gesandter des Vatikans
1955
Sohn ohne Heimat
as Wilhelm Hartmann
1950
The Fallen Star
as Lenura / Lenoir
Prämien auf den Tod
as Dr. Schmidt
1943
Paracelsus
as Paracelsus
1942
The Dismissal
as Geheimrat von Holstein
Zwischen Himmel und Erde
as Justus Rottwinkel
1941
Annelie
as Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen
1940
Süss, the Jew
as Rabbi Loew
1939
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
1936
Burg Theatre
as Friedrich Mitterer
1935
Hundert Tage
as Napoleon
1932
The Man Without a Name
as Heinrich Martin
1931
Yorck
as General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
1929
Napoleon at St. Helena
as Napoleon
1928
Looping the Loop
as Botto
Die Hölle der Jungfrauen
as Mistkowski
1927
Radio Magic
as Theophil Schimmelpfenning
Make Up
as Kitty Lerron
Die Hose
as Theobald Maske
The Vice of Humanity
as Willibald Cooks
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
as Ibrahim Hulam
1926
One Does Not Play with Love
as Fürst Colalto
Superfluous People
as Ortspolizist Suka
The Student of Prague
as Scapinelli, Wucherer
Nana
as Count Muffat
Secrets of a Soul
as Martin Fellman
Tartuffe
as Herr Orgon
The House of Lies
as Hjalmar Ekdal
The Wife's Crusade
as Der Idiot
1925
Die Dame aus Berlin
as Anton Zöllner
Der Trödler von Amsterdam
as Arent Bergh
The Morals of the Alley
as Viehhändler engros
Jealousy
as Mann - Georges Ménard
The Joyless Street
as Josef Geiringer
1924
Waxworks
as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
The Film in the Film
as Self
Decameron Nights
as Soldan
1923
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
as Pontius Pilatus
The Ancient Law
as Nathan, der Professor
Alt Heidelberg
as Dr. Jüttner
The Jew of Mestri
as Shylock (Mordecai)
Fräulein Raffke
as Emil Raffke
Adam und Eva
as Eddie Gloon
The Treasure
as Svetelenz
The Unknown Tomorrow
as Marc Muradock
1922
Nathan der Weise
as Nathan
The Burning Soil
as Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Othello
as Iago
1921
Zirkus des Lebens
as Philipp Hogger
Lady Hamilton
as Lord William Hamilton
The House in Dragon Street
as Walter
Shattered
as Bahnwärter
Danton
as Robespierre
1920
Die Kwannon von Okadera
as Harlander
Die Frau im Himmel
as Tatjana's father
Ewiger Strom
as Ferryman
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Dr. Caligari
Opfer
as Premier
1919
The Dance of Death
as The Cripple
Rose Bernd
as Der alte Bernd
Die Pagode
as Dr. Remus
Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine
as Mazeppa
Die Insel der Glücklichen
as Dr. Wenning
Prostitution
as Mann
Das verwunschene Schloß
as Bauer Grödner
Opium
as Nung-Tschang
1918
The Story of Dida Ibsen
as Philipp Galen
Colomba
as Gonzales
Diary of a Lost Woman
as Meinert
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
as Waldemar Gorsky
1917
A Night of Horror
as The artist
1916
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil
as Prof. Cardallhan
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil
as Franz Mollheim
The Uncanny House
as Albert von Sievers
Everyman
as Death
Revenge of the Dead
as Dorfschulze Paul Horvath
Tales of Hoffmann
as Conte Dapertutto