Portrait of Paul Wegener

Acting

Paul Wegener

Career

Active from 1913 to 2025, with a break from 1961 to 2024, busiest in 1920 and 1922 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
36
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Golem: How He Came into the World
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Paul Wegener Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.2, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • German Expressionism 3
  • Silent Film 3
  • Forbidden Love 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • German Cinema 2
  • Silent Horror 2
  • Jewish Folklore 2
  • Prague Ghetto 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts (2025)

as The Golem (archive footage)

1960s

1 title
The Golem
The Golem (1960)

as The Golem

1950s

1 title
Eyes of Love
Eyes of Love (1951)

as Prof. Mochmann

1940s

12 titles · average score 65
Der große Mandarin
Der große Mandarin (1949)

as Mandarin

Kolberg
Kolberg (1945)
GoodWatch score 61

as Loucadou

The Molander Case
The Molander Case (1945)

as Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt

Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen (1944)

as Van der Kalk

Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint (1943)

as Bauer Termöhlen

Diesel
Diesel (1943)

as Direktor Buz

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943)

as The Mad Inventor

Wedding in Barenhof
Wedding in Barenhof (1942)

as Leonhard von Krakow

The Great King
The Great King (1942)
GoodWatch score 69

as Gen. Czernitscheff

My Life for Ireland
My Life for Ireland (1941)

as Sir George Beverley

Das Mädchen von Fanö
Das Mädchen von Fanö (1941)

as Ulerk Ohm

Twilight
Twilight (1940)

as Förster Kuhnert

1930s

18 titles · average score 57
The Immortal Heart
The Immortal Heart (1939)

as Dr. Schedel

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1937)

Director

Moscow Shanghai
Moscow Shanghai (1936)

Director

August der Starke
August der Starke (1936)

Director

Only a Comedian
Only a Comedian (1935)

as Staatsminister von Creven

A Man Wants to Get to Germany
A Man Wants to Get to Germany (1934)

as Ship Stoker

Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes (1934)

Director

Hans Westmar
Hans Westmar (1933)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kuprikoff

Inge and the Millions
Inge and the Millions (1933)

as Bankier Seemann

The Living Dead
The Living Dead (1932)

as Mörder

Marshal Forward
Marshal Forward (1932)

as Marschall Blücher

Fundvogel
Fundvogel (1930)

as Professor Reutlinger

1920s

22 titles · average score 64
A Daughter Of Destiny
A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
GoodWatch score 61

as Professor ten Brinken

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928)

Writer

The Weavers
The Weavers (1927)

as Fabrikant Dreißiger

Svengali
Svengali (1927)

as Svengali

The Magician
The Magician (1926)
GoodWatch score 56

as Oliver Haddo

Living Buddhas
Living Buddhas (1925)

as Großlama

Vanina
Vanina (1922)

as Gouverneur von Turin

The Loves of Pharaoh
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
GoodWatch score 66

as Samlak

The Lost Shadow
The Lost Shadow (1921)

Writer

The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
GoodWatch score 85

as The Golem

Sumurun
Sumurun (1920)
GoodWatch score 53

as Der alte Scheich

Figures of the Night
Figures of the Night (1920)

as Thomas Bezug

1910s

8 titles · average score 61
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)

as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

The Golem and the Dancing Girl
The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917)

Director, Writer

Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey (1917)

as Hans Trutz

Rübezahl's Wedding
Rübezahl's Wedding (1916)

as Ruebezahl

The Yoghi
The Yoghi (1916)

as Yogi / Rasmus

The Golem
The Golem (1915)
GoodWatch score 64

as Golem

Peter Schlemihl
Peter Schlemihl (1915)

Director

The Student of Prague
The Student of Prague (1913)
GoodWatch score 58

as Balduin - A Student / Self