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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.
- January 1, 1
- Cologne, Germany
- January 1, 1
- Wetzelsdorf bei Jagerberg, Styria, Austria
It stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm. Erich Pommer produced it in the Babelsberg Studio for Universum Film A.G. (UFA). Metropolis is regarded as a pioneering science-fiction film, being among the first feature-length ones of that genre.
- 10 January 1927
- Gottfried Huppertz
- 5.3 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ (estimated) (equivalent to €21 million 2021)
- Erich Pommer
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.
Feb 10, 2017 · Rotwang is played by German Actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge, who has appeared in some of the earliest and most influential German films in History. He has an uncredited role in “ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ”, and also played the role of Dr. Mabuse.
Aug 22, 2023 · Rudolf Klein-Rogge was Fritz Lang’s man – not totally dissimilar to contemporary German Expressionism actor Emil Jannings working with F.W. Murnau (one can picture Rudolf Klein-Rogge in the Mephisto Faust role, or, as a matter of fact, taking a stab at Max Schreck’s Count Orlok Nosferatu role).
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.
