Werner Krauss(1884-1959)

Actor

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Werner Krauss in Paracelsus (1943)

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Werner Krauss was born on 23 June 1884 in Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Paracelsus (1943) and Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939). He was married to Liselotte Graf, Maria Bard and Paula Saenger. He died on 20 October 1959 in Vienna, Austria.

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Known for

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

8.0

Dr. Caligari

1920

Paracelsus (1943)

6.8

Paracelsus

1943

Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939)

Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death

6.4

Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow

1939

Der chinesische Götze - Das unheimliche Haus, 3. Teil

Franz Mollheim

1916

Credits

Actor

Das verräterische Herz
TV Movie
- Der Alte
- 1958
Bacchus
TV Movie
- Gesandter des Vatikans
- 1957
Sohn ohne Heimat
5.4
- Wilhelm Hartmann
- 1955
The Falling Star
6.5
- Lenura
- Lenoir
- 1950
Prämien auf den Tod
6.1
- Dr. Schmidt
- 1950
Paracelsus
6.8
- Paracelsus
- 1943
Die Entlassung
7.5
- Geheimrat von Holstein
- 1942
Zwischen Himmel und Erde
8.7
- Justus Rottwinkel
- 1942
Annelie
6.7
- Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen (as Werner Krauß)
- 1941
Jud Süß
5.0
- Rabbi Loew
- Levy - Oppenheimers Sekretär
- Schächter Isaak (as Werner Krauß) ...
- 1940
Der letzte Appell
- Englischer Kapitän
- 1939
Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death
6.4
- Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
- 1939
Burg Theatre
7.0
- Friedrich Mitterer
- 1936
Hundert Tage
7.2
- Napoleon (as Werner Krauß)
- 1935
Mensch ohne Namen
6.8
- Heinrich Martin
- 1932

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Waxworks

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Personal details

Alternative name
- Werner Krauß
Born
- June 23, 1884
- Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany
Died
- October 20, 1959
- Vienna, Austria(undisclosed)
Spouses
Children
Relatives
- Johannes Werner Krauss(Grandchild)
Publicity listings
- 4 Articles
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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Trivia
His decision to appear in the Nazi propaganda piece 'Jud Suess' (1940), led to Goebbels naming him an 'actor of the state' and appointing him vice president of the Reich Theatre Chamber. Though he claimed after the war to have been coerced into playing the part, he was convicted in court as a minor war criminal, fined and forced to move to Austria. This effectively curtailed his film career and thereafter, he only appeared occasionally on stage in Vienna until his rehabilitation to Germany in 1954.

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