Paul Wegener
Sign in to saveGerman actor and film director (1874-1948)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1874
- Died
- 1948
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Der Golem
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Paul Wegener was a German actor known for his pioneering roles in Expressionist films. He can also be considered a father of horror for his breakout role in The Student of Prague (1913). Wegener maintained a career throughout and after the Nazi era, starring in his last film in 1948.
Known for
- FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts — The Golem (archive footage)2025
- The Golem — The Golem1960
- Eyes of Love — Prof. Mochmann1951
- Der große Mandarin — Mandarin1949
- Kolberg — Loucadou1945
- The Molander Case — Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt1945
- Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen — Van der Kalk1944
- Diesel — Direktor Buz1943
- Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint — Bauer Termöhlen1943
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors — The Mad Inventor1943
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 8
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,537x
- “Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 67,641x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,245x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 44,555x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
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Key dates
- Born
- 11 December 1874
- Died
- 13 September 1948
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Family name
- Wegener
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Jarantowice
- Place of death
- Wilmersdorf
- Spouse
- Lyda Salmonova
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Kneiphof Gymnasium
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Connections
Categories
1874 births1948 deaths19th-century German male actors20th-century German male actorsGerman fantasy film directorsGerman film directorsGerman horror film directorsGerman male silent film actorsGerman male stage actorsGerman silent film directorsPeople from the Province of PrussiaPeople from Wąbrzeźno County