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Paul Wegener is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Allemand born on 11 december 1874

Paul Wegener

Paul Wegener
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Nationality German
Birth 11 december 1874
Death 13 september 1948 (at 73 years) at Wilmersdorf (German)

Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.

Biography

He was married six times, thirdly and sixthly to the actress Lyda Salmonova (his co-star on several occasions), who became his widow. His fourth wife was Greta Schröder (previously married to the dancer Ernst Matray). The geographer Alfred Wegener was his cousin and the physicist Prof. Peter P. Wegener was his son.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Paul Wegener (36 films)

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Actor

Burning Hearts
Burning Hearts (1945)
, 1h50
Directed by Veit Harlan
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Paul Wegener, Gustav Diessl, Horst Caspar, Claus Clausen
Roles Loucadou
Rating59% 2.953812.953812.953812.953812.95381
The film begins in 1813 after the phase of the Napoleonic Wars known in German as the Befreiungskriege (War of Liberation). The opening scenes show Prussian Landwehr and volunteers marching down the streets of Breslau through enthusiastic crowds. This is followed by a dialogue between King Frederick William III of Prussia and Count August von Gneisenau, in which Gneisenau explains that the siege of Kolberg taught the importance of citizen armies. Ending with the admonition that kings who cannot lead must abdicate, the scene switches to Vienna in 1806 to show the abdication of the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II of Austria, whom the script has Gneisenau call "an Emperor who abandoned the German people in their hour of need".
My Life for Ireland
My Life for Ireland (1941)

Directed by Max W. Kimmich
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Anna Dammann, Werner Hinz, Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer, Will Quadflieg, Hans Quest, Paul Wegener
Roles Sir George Beverley
Rating51% 2.590792.590792.590792.590792.59079
En 1903, le nationaliste irlandais Michael O'Brien est capturé à Dublin après avoir commis un attentat sur des policiers britanniques ; il est condamné à mort. Pendant sa détention, sa fiancée, Maeve, enceinte, lui rend visite et l'épouse en secret. Michael remet ensuite à sa femme une croix d'argent portée par les meilleurs combattants pour la liberté de l'Irlande. Sur la croix, les mots « Ma vie » et « Irlande » sont gravés.
The Immortal Heart
The Immortal Heart (1939)
, 1h47
Directed by Veit Harlan
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg, Paul Wegener, Raimund Schelcher, Michael Bohnen
Roles Dr. Schedel
Rating68% 3.4242153.4242153.4242153.4242153.424215
Ce film raconte la vie quelque peu romancée de Peter Henlein, un serrurier et horloger de Nuremberg à la fin du XV et du début du XVI siècle, souvent considéré comme l'inventeur de la montre, dite "L'œuf de Nuremberg", même si cela est discuté. Il s'agit de l'apologie d'une vie d'humanité, de conscience et de labeur.
Only a Comedian
Only a Comedian (1935)
, 1h35
Directed by Erich Engel
Actors Rudolf Forster, Paul Wegener, Hans Moser, Christl Mardayn, Grit Haid, Karl Paryla
Roles Staatsminister von Creven
Rating61% 3.075933.075933.075933.075933.07593
The young countess Beate von Dörnberg is travelling to Schönburg to the court of Duke Karl Theodor to take up residence as a lady in waiting. During an interruption in the journey while the coach is being repaired she gets to know two actors. The younger one is rather importunate, but the older one, Florian Reuther, tells her about the art of acting. The conversation is interrupted by the resumption of the journey, and the countess hopes to meet Reuther again.
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
A Man Wants to Get to Germany (1934)
, 1h29
Directed by Paul Wegener
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Brigitte Horney, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Siegfried Schürenberg, Hans Leibelt, Willy Birgel, Ernst Rotmund
Roles Ship Stoker
Rating51% 2.5936952.5936952.5936952.5936952.593695
Trois ingénieurs - l'Allemand Hagen, le Britannique Corner et le Français Duval - travaillent pour la compagnie vénézuélienne Ortiguez. Lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale est déclarée, ils doivent se séparer pour aller rejoindre les armées de leurs pays. Brack, un contremaître compatriote de Hagen, veut retourner en Allemagne avec lui. Avant le départ, ils se rendent dans un bar. Une bagarre éclate lorsque l'Allemagne est accusée d'être à l'origine des hostilités. Alors qu'il défend Brack, Hagen est poignardé. Grièvement blessé, l'ingénieur allemand vient voir sa patronne, Manuela Ortiguez. Elle accorde son aide aux Allemands ; une histoire d'amour commence entre Hagen et Manuela. Malgré les suppliques de la Vénézuélienne, Hagen répond à l'appel de son pays.
Hans Westmar
Hans Westmar (1933)
, 1h35
Origin German
Genres Biography, Crime
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Paul Wegener, Grete Reinwald, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Heinz Salfner, Arthur Schröder, Carl Auen
Roles Kuprikoff
Rating58% 2.9012652.9012652.9012652.9012652.901265
The film concentrates on the conflict with the Communist Party in Berlin in the late 1920s. When Westmar arrives in Berlin the communists are popular, holding large parades through Berlin singing The Internationale. When he looks into the cultural life of Weimar Berlin, he is horrified at the "internationalism" and cultural promiscuity, which includes black jazz music and Jewish nightclub singers. This scene dissolves into images of the German fighting men of World War I and shots of the cemeteries of the German dead.
The Living Dead
The Living Dead (1932)
, 1h29
Directed by Richard Oswald
Genres Horror
Actors Paul Wegener, Maria Koppenhöfer, Gerhard Bienert, Blandine Ebinger, Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer, Paul Henckels
Roles Mörder
Rating64% 3.2326453.2326453.2326453.2326453.232645
A crazed scientist, Morder (Paul Wegener), driven even crazier by his nagging wife, murders her and walls her up in a basement, a la Poe's The Black Cat. He then flees as the police and a reporter, Frank Briggs (Harald Paulsen), set out to track him down. Morder eventually escapes, by pretending to be insane, into an asylum. Though here the patients has managed to free themselves, lock up the guards, and take charge (inspired by Poe's The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether). After Morder's final escape, he turns up as president of a secret Suicide Club (based on the short story by Stevenson).