Cast: Paul Wegener

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Paul Wegener. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Golem

1920 · Movie · 80 min. · Germany

Direction Paul Wegener · Carl Boese

Cast Paul Wegener · Albert Steinrück · Lyda Salmonova · Ernst Deutsch

Synopsis In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble...

7.2

4K votes

7.2

4K votes

6.7

38 votes

The Student of Prague

1913 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Stellan Rye · Paul Wegener

Cast Paul Wegener · John Gottowt · Grete Berger · Lyda Salmonova

Synopsis A poor student rescues a beautiful countess and soon becomes obsessed with her. A sorcerer makes a deal with the young man to give him fabulous wealth and anything he wants, if he will sign his name to a contract....

6.6

428 votes

6.6

428 votes

The Golem

1915 · Movie · 60 min. · Germany

Direction Henrik Galeen · Paul Wegener

Cast Paul Wegener · Henrik Galeen · Lyda Salmonova

Synopsis In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble...

6.6

123 votes

6.6

123 votes

6.3

27 votes

Sumurun

1920 · Movie · 103 min. · Germany

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Pola Negri · Jenny Hasselqvist · Aud Egede Nissen · Margarete Kupfer

Synopsis Yeggar, a hunchbacked clown and travelling carnival manager, falls in love with one of his dancers. Although she gives in to his desires, she is also unfaithful to him. Based on a theatre pantomime created by Max Reinhardt, this is...

6.1

171 votes

6.1

171 votes

Kolberg

1945 · Movie · 111 min. · Germany

Direction Veit Harlan

Cast Heinrich George · Kristina Söderbaum · Paul Wegener · Horst Caspar

Synopsis During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.

5.8

28 votes

5.8

28 votes

5.5

38 votes

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Lucretia Borgia

1922 · Movie · 75 min. · Germany

Direction Richard Oswald

Cast Conrad Veidt · Liane Haid · Albert Basserman · Paul Wegener

Synopsis Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts...

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Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit

1922 · Movie · 68 min. · Germany

Direction Arthur von Gerlach

Cast Asta Nielsen · Paul Wegener · Paul Hartmann · Albrecht Viktor Blum

Synopsis Vanina loves rebel leader Octavio, who gets caught. He gets a pardon and marries Vanina. When he is captured again, Vanina helps him to escape prison. They are both caught, and after his execution she dies from grief.

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Die Weber

1927 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany

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Die Geliebte Roswolskys

1921 · Movie · 55 min. · Germany

Direction Felix Basch

Cast Asta Nielsen · Paul Wegener · Wilhelm Diegelmann · Ferdinand von Alten

Synopsis Trying to kill herself, Mary is saved by rich Roswolsky.

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Tales of the Uncanny

1932 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany

Direction Richard Oswald

Cast Paul Wegener · Maria Koppenhöfer · Blandine Ebinger · Eugen Klöpfer

Synopsis A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.

Not rated

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Svengali

1927 · Movie · 104 min. · Germany

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Direction Paul Wegener · Rochus Gliese

Cast Paul Wegener · Lyda Salmonova · Rochus Gliese · Erich Schönfelder

Synopsis As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous. Complications ensue.

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1918 · Movie · 64 min. · Germany

Direction Paul Wegener

Cast Paul Wegener · Lyda Salmonova · Clemens Kaufung · Wilhelm Diegelmann

Synopsis A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays...

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My Life for Ireland

1941 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Max W. Kimmich

Cast Anna Dammann · René Deltgen · Paul Wegener · Werner Hinz

Synopsis Nazi-made anti-British propaganda film about a group of Dublin schoolboys who unwittingly become pawns of the British and seek redemption by avenging their fallen IRA fathers in the Irish War of Independence.

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Hans Westmar

1933 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany

Direction Franz Wenzler

Cast Emil Lohkamp · Paul Wegener · Heinrich Heilinger · Irmgard Willers

Synopsis This Nazi propaganda film purports to show the story of a Nazi Storm Trooper named Horst Wessel--here called "Hans Westmar"--who took part in street brawls and assassinations in Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s against Communists and other opponents of...

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The Immortal Heart

1939 · Movie · 107 min. · Germany

Direction Veit Harlan

Cast Heinrich George · Kristina Söderbaum · Paul Wegener · Raimund Schelcher

Synopsis Biography of Paul Henlein, the man who invented the pocket watch.

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Not rated