Acting

Werner Krauss

1884–1959 · Acting

63.1avg grm

3titles

#730best rank

6honors

best title · #730 on siteThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920 · as Dr. Caligari76.1

Honors

6

1938Goethe Medal — Art and Science

1934Staatsschauspieler

—Iffland-Ring

—Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna

—Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Bio

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.

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1920s3 titles

Tartuffe1925 · as Herr Orgon55.1 T

This Ancient Law1923 · as Nathan, der Professor58.0 C

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920 · as Dr. Caligari76.1

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Werner Krauss

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born1884

died1959

known forActing

titles on site3

best title rank#730 · The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

avg GRM63.1

honors6 · Goethe Medal — Art and Science, 1938

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1920s

3 titles

55.1Tartuffe1925 · as Herr Orgon T

58.0This Ancient Law1923 · as Nathan, der Professor C

76.1The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920 · as Dr. Caligari

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