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Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Actor·1885–1955·Cologne, Germany

10 horror credits

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.

Actor10 films

Witches

Witches

1949
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Dr. Mabuse

1933
Metropolis

Metropolis

C.A. Rotwang

1927 4.5
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

King Etzel (Attila)

1924
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

King Etzel

1924
Warning Shadows

Warning Shadows

1923
The Stone Rider

The Stone Rider

Der Herr vom Berge

1923
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse

1922
Destiny

Destiny

Dervish / Girolamo

1921
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Criminal (uncredited)

1920 4.2