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Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Actor · Crew· Cologne, Germany
Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's Weimar-era films. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking audiences, for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Metropolis
C.A. Rotwang · 1927
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Criminal (uncredited) · 1920
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse · 1933
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse · 1922
Destiny
Dervish / Girolamo · 1921
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
King Etzel · 1924
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
King Etzel (Attila) · 1924
Spies
Haghi · 1928
Filmography
20 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Wedding in Barenhof | Film | |
| 1939 | Menschen vom Varieté | Kommissar Wiedemann | Film |
| 1939 | Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes | Rechnungsrat | Film |
| 1935 | The Old and The Young King | Leopold Dessauer | Film |
| 1934 | Paganini | Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons | Film |
| 1933 | The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Dr. Mabuse | Film |
| 1930 | The Shark | Vasseur | Film |
| 1928 | Spies | Haghi | Film |
| 1927 | Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins | William Pitts | Film |
| 1927 | Loves of Casanova | Peter III | Film |
| 1927 | Metropolis | C.A. Rotwang | Film |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried | King Etzel | Film |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge | King Etzel (Attila) | Film |
| 1923 | Warning Shadows | Film | |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler | Dr. Mabuse | Film |
| 1921 | Destiny | Dervish / Girolamo | Film |
| 1921 | Four Around the Woman | Upton | Film |
| 1920 | The Wandering Image | Georgs Vetter Wil Brand | Film |
| 1920 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Criminal (uncredited) | Film |
| 1919 | Das Geheimnis der Irren | Film |
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