Rudolf Klein-Rogge

November 24, 1888 - April 30, 1955
Born in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany

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A Few Notable Roles Played by Rudolf Klein-Rogge

• As a criminal in the prototypical horror film, the silent classic Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (1919, English title: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) , directed by Robert Wiene. With Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, and Rudolf Lettinger.
  
  
• As "Derwisch / Girolamo" in Der Müde Tod (1921, English titles: Between Two Worlds, The Weary Death, Destiny), directed by Fritz Lang. With Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen and Bernhard Goetzke, and Hans Sternberg.
  
  
• Starring as the criminal mastermind "Dr. Mabuse" in the silent classic Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922, English title: Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler aka Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime), directed by Fritz Lang.. With Alfred Abel, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Bernhard Goetzke, Robert Forster-Larrinaga and Paul Richter.
  
  
• In Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination (1923, English title: Warning Shadows), directed by Arthur Robison. With Alexander Granach, Max Gülstorff, Lilli Herder, Fritz Kortner, Karl Platen, Fritz Rasp, Eugen Rex, Ferdinand von Alten and Gustav von Wangenheim.
  
  
• As "King Etzel" in the classic fantasy Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924, English titles: Siegfried, Siegfried's Death), directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Paul Richter (Siegfried), Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hardy von Francois, Georg John, Frida Richard, Georg Jurowski, Iris Roberts and Bernhard Goetzke. Future director Edgar G. Ulmer was an uncredited set designer.
  
  
• As "King Etzel" again in the sequel to Siegfried, Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924, English title: Kiemhild's Revenge), directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Margarete Schön (Kriemhild), Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller, Erwin Biswanger, Bernhard Goetzke, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hardy von Francois, Georg Jurowski and Iris Roberts. Edgar G. Ulmer was an uncredited set designer.
  
  
• As the quintessential mad scientist, "Rotwang" the inventor, in the archetypal science fiction film Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos , Erwin Biswanger and Heinrich George. Cinematography by Karl Freund and Günther Rittau. Edgar G. Ulmer was an uncredited set designer. Future writer and director Curt Siodmak played an uncredited working man.
  
  
• Starring as the evil "Haghi," leader of the spy-ring in Spione (1928, English titles: Spies, The Spy), directed by Fritz Lang. With Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph, Craighall Sherry, Willy Fritsch, Lupu Pick, Hertha von Walther, Fritz Rasp, Paul Hörbiger, Julius Falkenstein, Georg John, Grete Berger and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. Edgar G. Ulmer was an uncredited set designer.
  
  
• Reprising his starring role as the supercriminal "Dr. Mabuse" in the sound film Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933, English titles: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Dr. Mabuse's Testament, The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse), directed by Fritz Lang. With Oscar Beregi Sr., Paul Bernd, Henry Bless , Gustav Diessl, Paul Henckels, Oskar Höcker, Georg John, Adolf E. Licho, Wera Liessem, Theo Lingen, Theodor Loos, Karl Meixner, Klaus Pohl, Rudolf Schündler, Camilla Spira, future Universal Pictures player Ludwig Stössel, and Otto Wernicke.

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