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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.
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.
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- Cologne, Germany
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- Wetzelsdorf bei Jagerberg, Styria, Austria
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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.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge returned to play Dr. Mabuse as he did in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler. Klein-Rogge acted in Lang's earlier films including Destiny, Die Nibelungen, Metropolis and Spies. Otto Wernicke reprises his role as Inspector Lohmann from Lang's M. Klaus Pohl plays Lohmann's assistant Müller.
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...
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dr. Mabuse; Aud Egede-Nissen as Cara Carozza; Gertrude Welcker as Gräfin Dusy Told; Alfred Abel as Graf Told / Richard Fleury (US version) Bernhard Goetzke as State prosecutor Norbert von Wenk / Chief-Inspector De Witt (US version) Paul Richter as Edgar Hull; Robert Forster-Larrinaga as Spoerri
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. Brigitte Helm (in the Maria and machine woman duel role) is ...
