Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Acting

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

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

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

Metropolis
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Destiny
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Spies
Warning Shadows
Four Around the Woman
The Wandering Image
Loves of Casanova
The Stone Rider
Witches
Wedding in Barenhof
The Heart of a Queen
Kora Terry
Die unvollkommene Liebe
Menschen vom Varieté
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Kennwort Machin
Parkstrasse 13
Wibbel the Tailor
After Midnight
The Yellow Flag
Madame Bovary
Die göttliche Jette
Truxa
The Sovereign
The Court Concert
The Cossack and the Nightingale
The Hour of Temptation
The Kaiser of California
Dissatisfied Woman
The Valley of Love
The Old and The Young King
Love's Arithmetic
Paganini
The Assumption of Hannele
Elisabeth and the Jester
Border Patrol
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
You Belong to Me
Spies
Mädchenschicksale
The Most Beautiful Woman in Paris
Metropolis
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
The Queen Was in the Parlour
Loves of Casanova
Die lachende Grille
Pietro der Korsar
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Warning Shadows
The Stone Rider
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Destiny
Four Around the Woman
The Wandering Image
Morphium
Das Licht am Fenster
Das Geheimnis der Irren
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