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Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955), better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best 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.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Actor: Metropolis. During the heyday of German silent cinema, Rudolf Klein-Rogge was the prototype for the master criminal, the irredeemable arch villain or mad scientist. Born in Cologne, he served as a cadet in a Prussian military academy before finishing his matriculation.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, gebürtig Friedrich Rudolf Klein (* 24. November 1885 in Köln; † 29. Mai 1955 in Wetzelsdorf bei Jagerberg, Österreich), war ein deutscher Film- und Theaterschauspieler.
Aug 22, 2023 · In Lang’s dystopian science fiction epic, Klein-Rogge steals every scene he is in. Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Erfinder C.A. Rotwang, The Inventor, in Metropolis. Fritz Lang’s masterpiece set in the distant future of 2026. Klein-Rogge is perfectly cast as the white haired mad man genius.
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.
Prominent performer of the 1920s and 30s who starred in several of Fritz Lang's German masterpieces, most notably as master criminal Dr. Mabuse. Klein-Rogge later became a Nazi sympathizer and married Lang's ex-wife, screenwriter Thea von Harbou.
May 6, 2020 · A habitué of decadent Art Deco nightclubs, Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge, who would play the mad scientist Rotwang in Lang’s “Metropolis”) preys upon his wealthy victims. Not just a criminal...
