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Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

1885 – 1955·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.

Filmography

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920Criminal (uncredited)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922Dr. Mabuse
Warning Shadows

Warning Shadows

1923
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

1924King Etzel (Attila)
Metropolis

Metropolis

1927C.A. Rotwang
Spies

Spies

1928Haghi
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1933Dr. Mabuse