Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Acting

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Born 24 November 1885 · Cologne, Germany · Died 29 May 1955 at 69

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.

Known for

Highlights

Metropolis1927 · Film · C.A. Rotwang
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920 · Film · Criminal (uncredited)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933 · Film · Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922 · Film · Dr. Mabuse
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried1924 · Film · King Etzel
Destiny1921 · Film · Dervish / Girolamo

Filmography

Movies

54 films

Witches1949 · Film
Wedding in Barenhof1942 · Film
Kora Terry1940 · Film
The Heart of a Queen1940 · Film
Die unvollkommene Liebe1940 · Film · Konsul Henry Rasmus
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes1939 · Film · Rechnungsrat
Kennwort Machin1939 · Film · Schnellrichter in New York
Wibbel the Tailor1939 · Film · Pangdich
Parkstrasse 131939 · Film · Direktor Bremer
Menschen vom Varieté1939 · Film · Kommissar Wiedemann
After Midnight1938 · Film
The Yellow Flag1937 · Film · Kapitän Ellis
Madame Bovary1937 · Film · Prof. Canivet
Die göttliche Jette1937 · Film · Stadtrat Müller
The Sovereign1937 · Film · Direktor Bodlfing
Truxa1937 · Film · Varieté-Direktor
The Court Concert1936 · Film · Oberst Flumms
Dissatisfied Woman1936 · Film · Professor der Nervenklinik
The Hour of Temptation1936 · Film · Kriminalrat Brandt
The Kaiser of California1936 · Film
The Cossack and the Nightingale1936 · Film · Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
The Valley of Love1935 · Film · Herr von Roden
Love's Arithmetic1935 · Film
The Old and The Young King1935 · Film · Leopold Dessauer
Paganini1934 · Film · Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
Border Patrol1934 · Film · Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler
The Assumption of Hannele1934 · Film · Maurer Mattern
The World Without a Mask1934 · Film · Merker
Elisabeth and the Jester1934 · Film · Michele
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933 · Film · Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933 · Film · Dr. Mabuse
You Belong to Me1929 · Film · Burat-Laussade
The Most Beautiful Woman in Paris1928 · Film
Mädchenschicksale1928 · Film · Lormand
Spies1928 · Film · Haghi
Loves of Casanova1927 · Film · Peter III
Fighting the White Slave Traffic1927 · Film · Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian
The Queen Was in the Parlour1927 · Film · General Kish
Metropolis1927 · Film · C.A. Rotwang
Die lachende Grille1926 · Film · Rossini
Pietro der Korsar1925 · Film
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge1924 · Film · King Etzel (Attila)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried1924 · Film · King Etzel
Warning Shadows1923 · Film
Die Prinzessin Suwarin1923 · Film · Cyrus Proctor
The Stone Rider1923 · Film · Der Herr vom Berge
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922 · Film · Dr. Mabuse
Destiny1921 · Film · Dervish / Girolamo
Four Around the Woman1921 · Film · Upton
The Wandering Image1920 · Film · Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920 · Film · Criminal (uncredited)
Das Licht am Fenster1919 · Film
Morphium1919 · Film
Das Geheimnis der Irren1919 · Film