
Werner Krauss
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1884-06-23
- Died
- 1959-10-20
- Place of birth
- Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as
- Вернер Краусс · Werner Krauss · Werner Johannes 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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (106)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
as Dr. Caligari

Lady Hamilton
1921
as Lord William Hamilton

Looping the Loop
1928
as Botto

Nana
1926
as Count Muffat

The Merry Farmer
1927
Die Tochter der Gräfin Stachowska
1917

The Dance of Death
1919
as The Cripple

Fräulein Raffke
1923
as Emil Raffke

Opium
1919
as Nung-Tschang

Tales of Hoffmann
1916
as Conte Dapertutto

Ewiger Strom
1920
as Ferryman
The House of Lies
1926
as Hjalmar Ekdal
A Night of Horror
1917
as The artist

Prämien auf den Tod
1950
as Dr. Schmidt

Jealousy
1925
as Mann - Georges Ménard

Decameron Nights
1924
as Soldan

Danton
1921
as Robespierre

Secrets of a Soul
1926
as Martin Fellman
Das graue Haus
1926
Bacchus
1957
as Gesandter des Vatikans

Zirkusblut
1916

Colomba
1918
as Gonzales

Universal Horror
1998
as (archive footage)

Die Kwannon von Okadera
1920
as Harlander

The Fallen Star
1950
as Lenura / Lenoir

Othello
1922
as Iago
Die Frau mit den Orchideen
1919

Die Frau ohne Seele
1920

The Vice of Humanity
1927
as Willibald Cooks

Waxworks
1924
as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
Between Heaven and Earth
1942
as Justus Rottwinkel

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1927
as Ibrahim Hulam

Joyless Street
1925
as Josef Geiringer

Der Tanz um Liebe und Glück
1921

Süss, the Jew
1940
as Rabbi Loew

Das verwunschene Schloß
1919
as Bauer Grödner

Opfer
1920
as Premier

Variety
1925
The Unknown Tomorrow
1923
as Marc Muradock

Annelie
1941
as Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen
The Tell-Tale Heart
1958
as The Old Man

Johannes Goth
1920
Die Hölle der Jungfrauen
1928
as Mistkowski

The Wife's Crusade
1926
as Der Idiot

The Story of Dida Ibsen
1918
as Philipp Galen

Wenn Frauen lieben und hassen
1917
Das Gift der Medici
1918

Tartuffe
1926
as Herr Orgon

Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
1918
as Waldemar Gorsky

Burg Theatre
1936
as Friedrich Mitterer

Spiritismus
1919

The Student of Prague
1926
as Scapinelli, Wucherer

The Dismissal
1942
as Geheimrat von Holstein
Adam und Eva
1923
as Eddie Gloon
Rose Bernd
1919
as Der alte Bernd
Die Beute der Erinnyen
1922

The Burning Soil
1922
as Der alte Rog / Old Rog

Der letzte Appell
1939
Das Mädchen und die Männer
1919

Das ewige Rätsel
1919

Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine
1919
as Mazeppa

Paracelsus
1943
as Paracelsus
Der Prozeß Hauers
1918

Die Insel der Glücklichen
1919
as Dr. Wenning
Madame d'Ora
1918

The Man Without a Name
1932
as Heinrich Martin

The Jew of Mestri
1923
as Shylock (Mordecai)

Diary of a Lost Woman
1918
as Meinert

Sohn ohne Heimat
1955
as Wilhelm Hartmann

Everyman
1916
as Death

Jedermann Remixed
2011
as Death (archive footage)

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939
as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow

Make Up
1927
as Kitty Lerron
Die Frau im Himmel
1920
as Tatjana's father
Napoleon at St. Helena
1929
as Napoleon

Nathan der Weise
1922
as Nathan

I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923
as Pontius Pilatus

The Treasure
1923
as Svetelenz

Phantome des Lebens
1919
Superfluous People
1926
as Ortspolizist Suka
Revenge of the Dead
1916
as Dorfschulze Paul Horvath
Die Hose
1927
as Theobald Maske

The Student Prince
1923
as Dr. Jüttner

The Film in the Film
1924
as Self

Prostitution
1919
as Mann

Der Trödler von Amsterdam
1925
as Arent Bergh

One Does Not Play with Love
1926
as Fürst Colalto
Between Evening and Morning
1923
as Sagan

Hundert Tage
1935
as Napoleon
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
1914
The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
1923
Shattered
1921
as Bahnwärter

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921
The House in Dragon Street
1921
as Walter

Yorck
1931
as General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

The Ancient Law
1923
as Nathan, der Professor

Zirkus des Lebens
1921
as Philipp Hogger
Reveille, das große Wecken
1925
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil
1916
as Prof. Cardallhan

The Uncanny House
1916
as Albert von Sievers
Die Dame aus Berlin
1925
as Anton Zöllner
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil
1916
as Franz Mollheim

The Morals of the Alley
1925
as Viehhändler engros

Radio Magic
1927
as Theophil Schimmelpfenning
Das Bacchanal des Todes
1917

Die Pagode
1919
as Dr. Remus
About Werner Krauss
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. With 107 credits spanning from 1914 to 2011, Werner Krauss has appeared in 106 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Werner Krauss Movies
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) — as Dr. Caligari
- Lady Hamilton (1921) — as Lord William Hamilton
- Looping the Loop (1928) — as Botto
- Nana (1926) — as Count Muffat
- The Merry Farmer (1927)
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