
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Born November 24, 1885 · 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.
Notable Appearances
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Menschen vom Varieté

Parkstrasse 13

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

The Valley of Love

Loves of Casanova

Wedding in Barenhof

Spies

Die göttliche Jette

The Hour of Temptation

Truxa

The Assumption of Hannele

The Wandering Image

Kora Terry

Fighting the White Slave Traffic

After Midnight

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Die Prinzessin Suwarin

Border Patrol

The Old and The Young King

Das Licht am Fenster

Love's Arithmetic

Four Around the Woman

You Belong to Me

Die unvollkommene Liebe

The Court Concert

The Kaiser of California

Elisabeth and the Jester

The Sovereign

The Yellow Flag

Warning Shadows

Kennwort Machin

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

The Queen Was in the Parlour

Die schönste Frau von Paris

Das Geheimnis der Irren

Pietro der Korsar

The Stone Rider

Madame Bovary

The Heart of a Queen

The Cossack and the Nightingale

Paganini

Dissatisfied Woman

Mädchenschicksale

Witches

Wibbel the Tailor

Die lachende Grille




