The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1921
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Werner Krauss was a German stage and film actor who dominated the early 20th century theatre and became a controversial figure for his Nazi collaboration. He starred in expressionist classics like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Jud Süß, and was praised by Elisabeth Bergner and Oskar Werner.
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.
Werner Krauss (1884-1959) was a German actor who starred in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and other films. He was also a Nazi propaganda actor and a minor war criminal.
- January 1, 1
- Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany
- January 1, 1
- Vienna, Austria
Birthday: Jun 23, 1884. Birthplace: Gestungshausen, Germany. Distinguished stage actor who entered film in the early 1910s and, beginning with "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919), gained...
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- June 23, 1884
- October 20, 1959
Jul 26, 2023 · The unhinged hypnotist Caligari (Werner Krauss) keeps, like a pet, a 23-year-old sleepwalker whom he calls Cesare the Somnambulist (Conrad Veidt).
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (German: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a brainwashed somnambulist (Conrad ...
