Directed credits
16
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Paul Wegener
Acting
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Directed movies: 16Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 29123
IMDb ID: nm0917467
Known for: Acting
Born: December 11, 1874
Died: September 13, 1948
Age: 73
Place of birth: Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1913 - 2025
Years active: 113
Average TMDB rating: 6.42
Wikidata: Q66410
Also known as
Paul Hermann Wegener
Frequent jobs
Director (16)Writer (3)Screenplay (1)
Biography
Paul Wegener was a German actor known for his pioneering roles in Expressionist films. He can also be considered a father of horror for his breakout role in The Student of Prague (1913). Wegener maintained a career throughout and after the Nazi era, starring in his last film in 1948.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Paul Wegener.
Director
The Golem
1960 • Movie
Director
Krach und Glück um Künnemann
1937 • Movie
Director
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1937 • Movie
Director
Moscow Shanghai
1936 • Movie
Director
The Hour of Temptation
1936 • Movie
Director
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934 • Movie
Director
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
1934 • Movie
Director
Living Buddhas
1925 • Movie
Director
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922 • Movie
Director
The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920 • Movie
Director
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918 • Movie
Director
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917 • Movie
Director
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917 • Movie
Director
The Yoghi
1916 • Movie
Director
Rübezahl's Wedding
1916 • Movie
Director
The Golem
1915 • Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Paul Wegener.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Paul Wegener.
as The Golem (archive footage)
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025 • Movie
Director
Rübezahl's Wedding
1916 • Movie
Director
The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920 • Movie
as Loucadou
Kolberg
1945 • Movie
as Prof. Mochmann
Eyes of Love
1951 • Movie
as Leonhard von Krakow
Wedding in Barenhof
1942 • Movie
as Staatsminister von Creven
Only a Comedian
1935 • Movie
Director
Krach und Glück um Künnemann
1937 • Movie
as Förster Kuhnert
Twilight
1940 • Movie
Director
The Golem
1915 • Movie
as Fabrikant Dreißiger
The Weavers
1927 • Movie
as Morrow
Secret Mission
1938 • Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Paul Wegener.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Paul Wegener.
as The Golem (archive footage)
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025 • Movie
as The Golem
The Golem
1960 • Movie
as Prof. Mochmann
Eyes of Love
1951 • Movie
as Loucadou
Kolberg
1945 • Movie
as The Mad Inventor
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943 • Movie
as Direktor Buz
Diesel
1943 • Movie
as Leonhard von Krakow
Wedding in Barenhof
1942 • Movie
as Gen. Czernitscheff
The Great King
1942 • Movie
as Förster Kuhnert
Twilight
1940 • Movie
as Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
Das Recht auf Liebe
1939 • Movie
as Dr. Schedel
The Immortal Heart
1939 • Movie
as Morrow
Secret Mission
1938 • Movie