

Acting
Paul Wegener
- Titles
- 63movies
- 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
- 35top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
The Golem: How He Came into the World71/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.3average 2.6
- Fantasy6.7average 1.8
- Uncanny6.6average 2.5
- Spiritual5.0average 2.0
- Nostalgia6.4average 3.6
- Wonder6.0average 3.4
- Scare4.7average 2.6
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.8, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy0.8, average 2.7
- Wholesome1.5, average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay2.1, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- German Expressionism 3
- Silent Film 3
- Forbidden Love 3
- Silent Horror 2
- Jewish Folklore 2
- Prague Ghetto 2
- Historical Drama 2
- German Cinema 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Lyda SalmonovaActorThe Golem: How He Came into the World, Rübezahl's Wedding, The Student of Prague, The Yoghi, The Loves of Pharaoh, +4 more- RRochus GlieseActorRübezahl's Wedding, The Yoghi, The Golem and the Dancing Girl, Herzog Ferrantes Ende, Der verlorene Schatten, +1 more
Karl FreundCinematographerThe Golem: How He Came into the World, Lucrezia Borgia, Herzog Ferrantes Ende, Der verlorene Schatten, The Golem
Wilhelm DiegelmannActorHans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey, Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Roswolsky's Mistress
Asta NielsenActorSteuermann Holk, Living Buddhas, Vanina, Roswolsky's Mistress
Theodor LoosActorMarshal Forward, The Weavers, The Hour of Temptation, Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
Heinrich GeorgeActorKolberg, Wedding in Barenhof, Lucrezia Borgia, The Immortal Heart
Henrik GaleenActorThe Golem: How He Came into the World, The Golem, A Daughter Of Destiny, Roswolsky's Mistress
Ernst BehmerActorMoscow Shanghai, A Man Wants to Get to Germany, Inge and the Millions, Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
Veit HarlanDirectorKolberg, Eyes of Love, The Great King, The Immortal Heart
Ernst LubitschActorThe Loves of Pharaoh, Sumurun, Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Hilde von StolzActorKrach und Glück um Künnemann, Only a Comedian, Diesel
Movies and TV shows
62
Good
Score 70 to 79
1 title
Good
Score 70 to 79
71
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
as The Golem

Decent
Score 60 to 69
6 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
The Great King (1942)
as Gen. Czernitscheff
66
The Golem (1915)
as Golem
66
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
as Samlak
63
A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
as Professor ten Brinken
62
The Student of Prague (1913)
as Balduin - A Student / Self
60
Kolberg (1945)
as Loucadou

Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
3 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
57
Hans Westmar (1933)
as Kuprikoff
56
The Magician (1926)
as Oliver Haddo
53
Sumurun (1920)
as Der alte Scheich

Not rated yet
52 titles
Not rated yet

Rübezahl's Wedding (1916)
as Ruebezahl

The Weavers (1927)
as Fabrikant Dreißiger

My Life for Ireland (1941)
as Sir George Beverley

Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
as Leonhard von Krakow

The Living Dead (1932)
as Mörder

A Man Wants to Get to Germany (1934)
as Ship Stoker

The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917)
Director, Writer

Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint (1943)
as Bauer Termöhlen

Vanina (1922)
as Gouverneur von Turin

Figures of the Night (1920)
as Thomas Bezug

Diesel (1943)
as Direktor Buz

Moscow Shanghai (1936)
Director