Actor: Werner Krauß

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Birthday: 1884-06-23
Born in: Gestungshausen,Germany
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 antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.

Known for

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

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Paracelsus

The story of the Renaissance-era Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known to the world as Paracelsus.
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Paracelsus

1943

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Universal Horror

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Universal Horror

1998

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Jew Süss

Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
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Jew Süss

1940

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Tartuffe

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.
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Tartuffe

1926

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Nana

Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.
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Nana

1926

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Variety

The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
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Variety

1925

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Joyless Street

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
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Joyless Street

1925

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