Portrait of Werner Krauss

Acting

Werner Krauss

Career

Active from 1916 to 1958, busiest in 1923 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
64
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Werner Krauss Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • German Expressionism 4
  • Silent Film 4
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Silent Horror 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Jedermann Remixed
Jedermann Remixed (2011)

as Death (archive footage)

1990s

1 title · average score 73
Universal Horror
Universal Horror (1998)
GoodWatch score 73

as (archive footage)

1950s

5 titles
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1958)

as The Old Man

Bacchus
Bacchus (1957)

as Gesandter des Vatikans

Sohn ohne Heimat
Sohn ohne Heimat (1955)

as Wilhelm Hartmann

Prämien auf den Tod
Prämien auf den Tod (1950)

as Dr. Schmidt

The Fallen Star
The Fallen Star (1950)

as Lenura / Lenoir

1940s

5 titles · average score 50
Paracelsus
Paracelsus (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

as Paracelsus

Between Heaven and Earth
Between Heaven and Earth (1942)

as Justus Rottwinkel

The Dismissal
The Dismissal (1942)

as Geheimrat von Holstein

Annelie
Annelie (1941)

as Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen

Süss, the Jew
Süss, the Jew (1940)
GoodWatch score 36

as Rabbi Loew

1930s

5 titles
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939)

as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow

Burg Theatre
Burg Theatre (1936)

as Friedrich Mitterer

Hundert Tage
Hundert Tage (1935)

as Napoleon

The Man Without a Name
The Man Without a Name (1932)

as Heinrich Martin

Yorck
Yorck (1931)

as General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

1920s

45 titles · average score 69
Looping the Loop
Looping the Loop (1928)

as Botto

Tartuffe
Tartuffe (1926)
GoodWatch score 80

as Herr Orgon

Secrets of a Soul
Secrets of a Soul (1926)
GoodWatch score 64

as Martin Fellman

Nana
Nana (1926)
GoodWatch score 66

as Count Muffat

Joyless Street
Joyless Street (1925)
GoodWatch score 66

as Josef Geiringer

Jealousy
Jealousy (1925)

as Mann - Georges Ménard

Decameron Nights
Decameron Nights (1924)

as Soldan

Othello
Othello (1922)
GoodWatch score 65

as Iago

The Burning Soil
The Burning Soil (1922)
GoodWatch score 70

as Der alte Rog / Old Rog

Danton
Danton (1921)

as Robespierre

Lady Hamilton
Lady Hamilton (1921)

as Lord William Hamilton

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
GoodWatch score 89

as Dr. Caligari

1910s

19 titles
Opium
Opium (1919)

as Nung-Tschang

The Dance of Death
The Dance of Death (1919)

as The Cripple

Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine
Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine (1919)

as Mazeppa

Das verwunschene Schloß
Das verwunschene Schloß (1919)

as Bauer Grödner

Rose Bernd
Rose Bernd (1919)

as Der alte Bernd

The Story of Dida Ibsen
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)

as Philipp Galen

Diary of a Lost Woman
Diary of a Lost Woman (1918)

as Meinert

A Night of Horror
A Night of Horror (1917)

as The artist

Tales of Hoffmann
Tales of Hoffmann (1916)

as Conte Dapertutto

The Uncanny House
The Uncanny House (1916)

as Albert von Sievers

Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil
Der chinesische Götze. Das unheimliche Haus. 3. Teil (1916)

as Franz Mollheim

Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil
Freitag, der 13. Das unheimliche Haus. 2. Teil (1916)

as Prof. Cardallhan