Portrait of Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss

Acting

Biography

Werner Johannes Krauss (Krauß in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the 1940 antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß (Süss, the Jew) and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.

Born: June 23, 1884

Place of Birth: Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany

Filmography

2011
Jedermann Remixed

as Death (archive footage)

1998
Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1955
Sohn ohne Heimat

as Wilhelm Hartmann

1950
The Fallen Star

as Lenura / Lenoir

1950
Prämien auf den Tod

as Dr. Schmidt

1943
Paracelsus

as Paracelsus

1942
The Dismissal

as Geheimrat von Holstein

1941
Annelie

as Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen

1940
Süss, the Jew

as Rabbi Loew

1939
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow

1936
Burg Theatre

as Friedrich Mitterer

1935
Hundert Tage

as Napoleon

1932
The Man Without a Name

as Heinrich Martin

1931
Yorck

as General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

1928
1927
Radio Magic

as Theophil Schimmelpfenning

1927
Make Up

as Kitty Lerron

1927
The Vice of Humanity

as Willibald Cooks

1926
1926
The Student of Prague

as Scapinelli, Wucherer

1926
Nana

as Count Muffat

1926
Secrets of a Soul

as Martin Fellman

1926
Tartuffe

as Herr Orgon

1926
The House of Lies

as Hjalmar Ekdal

1926
The Wife's Crusade

as Der Idiot

1925
1925
Jealousy

as Mann - Georges Ménard

1925
The Joyless Street

as Josef Geiringer

1924
Waxworks

as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack

1924
1923
1923
The Ancient Law

as Nathan, der Professor

1923
Alt Heidelberg

as Dr. Jüttner

1923
The Jew of Mestri

as Shylock (Mordecai)

1923
Fräulein Raffke

as Emil Raffke

1923
The Treasure

as Svetelenz

1922
1922
The Burning Soil

as Der alte Rog / Old Rog

1922
Othello

as Iago

1921
Zirkus des Lebens

as Philipp Hogger

1921
Lady Hamilton

as Lord William Hamilton

1921
Shattered

as Bahnwärter

1921
Danton

as Robespierre

1920
1920
Ewiger Strom

as Ferryman

1920
1920
Opfer

as Premier

1919
The Dance of Death

as The Cripple

1919
Die Pagode

as Dr. Remus

1919
1919
1919
Das verwunschene Schloß

as Bauer Grödner

1919
Opium

as Nung-Tschang

1918
The Story of Dida Ibsen

as Philipp Galen

1918
Colomba

as Gonzales

1918
1918
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil

as Waldemar Gorsky

1917
A Night of Horror

as The artist

1916
The Uncanny House

as Albert von Sievers

1916
Everyman

as Death

1916
Tales of Hoffmann

as Conte Dapertutto