Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Rudolf Klein-Rogge is a Actor and Dialogue Allemand born on 24 november 1885 at Cologne (German)

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Rudolf Klein-Rogge
If you like this person, let us know!
Nationality German
Birth 24 november 1885 at Cologne (German)
Death 29 may 1955 (at 69 years) at Wetzelsdorf (Austria)

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 main-stay 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.

Biography

Klein-Rogge was born in Cologne, Germany. He began taking acting lessons while studying art history in Berlin and Bonn. Klein-Rogge made his acting debut at in 1909, playing Cassius in Julius Caesar in Halberstadt. Klein-Rogge went on to play in theaters located in Düsseldorf, Kiel and Aachen. In Aachen, Klein-Rogge met actress and screenwriter Thea von Harbou. The two married in 1914. In 1915, Klein-Rogge joined Nuremberg's Städtische Bühnen theatre as both an actor and director.

In 1919, Klein-Rogge began acting in films. He appeared in an uncredited role as the criminal in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. During this time, von Harbou was having an affair with director Fritz Lang and eventually left Klein-Rogge to marry Lang. Despite the split, Klein-Rogge made several films that were written by von Harbou and directed by Lang, including Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Die Nibelungen, Metropolis and Spies. Klein-Rogge's intense look lead him to similar roles such as a tyrant in Fritz Wendhausen's Der steinerne Reiter, a pirate in Arthur Robison's Pietro der Korsar, and the Czar in Alexandre Volkoff's Casanova. Klein-Rogge's last film with Lang was The Testament of Dr. Mabuse in 1933.

Klein-Rogge played the lead roles in two films directed by von Harbou: Elisabeth und der Narr and Hanneles Himmelfahrt. Klein-Rogge remarried twice, first to Margarete Neff, and lastly with the Swedish actress Mary Johnson in 1932, to whom he remained married until his death in 1955.

Usually with

Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
(8 films)
Thea von Harbou
Thea von Harbou
(13 films)
Theodor Loos
Theodor Loos
(11 films)
Paul Rehkopf
Paul Rehkopf
(10 films)
Georg John
Georg John
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rudolf Klein-Rogge (42 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
1942Wedding in BarenhofActor
1940The Heart of a QueenActorRuthven, General of the Scottish Palace Guard
1940Kora TerryActor
1939Robert KochActorRechnungsrat
1939Wibbel the TailorActorPangdich
1938Sergeant BerryDialogue
1937The SovereignActorDirektor Bodlfing
1937TruxaActorVarieté-Direktor
1937Madame BovaryActorProf. Canivet
1937The Divine JettaActorStadtrat Müller
1937The Yellow FlagActorKapitän Ellis
1936The Emperor of CaliforniaActor
1936The Court ConcertActorOberst Flumms
1936The Cossack and the NightingaleActorDschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
1936The Hour of TemptationActorKriminalrat Brandt
1936A Strange GuestActorPolizeipräfekt
1935The Making of a KingActorLeopold Dessauer
1934PaganiniActorGraf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
1934Elisabeth und der NarrActorMichele
1934Hanneles HimmelfahrtActorMaurer Mattern
1933The Testament of Dr. MabuseActorDr. Mabuse
1932The White GodActorMariak
1930The SharkActor
1930TarakanovaActorLe Comte Chouvalof
1928SpiesActorHaghi
1928Volga VolgaActorKosak Hadschi-Ali
1928The Most Beautiful Woman in ParisActor
1928La faute de MoniqueActor
1927Loves of CasanovaActorPeter III
1927MetropolisActorC.A. Rotwang
1927White Slave TrafficActorSimpat Karamanian
1927The Queen Was in the ParlourActorGeneral Kish
1926The Pink DiamondActorStuart, Theaterdirektor
1925Peter the PirateActorSalvatore, ein Korsarhauptmann
1924Die NibelungenActorKing Etzel
1923Warning ShadowsActor
1923The Stone RiderActorDer Herr vom Berge
1922Dr. Mabuse, the GamblerActorDr. Mabuse
1921DestinyActorDervish / Girolamo
1921Four Around the WomanActorUpton
1920The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariActorCriminal (uncredited)
1920The Wandering ImageActorGeorgs Vetter Wil Brand