Werner Krauss

Biography

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 1940 antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß (Süss, the Jew) and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.

Filmography

Robespierre
Wilhelm Hartmann
Rabbi Loew
Josef Geiringer
Scapinelli, Wucherer
Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
Count Muffat
Friedrich Mitterer
Herr Orgon
Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Martin Fellman
Lenura / Lenoir
Paracelsus
Conte Dapertutto
Svetelenz
General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
Heinrich Martin
Geheimrat von Holstein
Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen
Der alte Bernd
Dorfschulze Paul Horvath
Bahnwärter
Napoleon
Justus Rottwinkel
Theobald Maske
Lord William Hamilton
Gesandter des Vatikans
Nathan, der Professor
Emil Raffke
Viehhändler engros
Theophil Schimmelpfenning
Eddie Gloon
Ortspolizist Suka
Shylock (Mordecai)
Anton Zöllner
Dr. Jüttner
Nung-Tschang
Death (archive footage)
Hjalmar Ekdal
Albert von Sievers
Gonzales
Premier
Mann - Georges Ménard
Philipp Hogger
Tatjana's father
Ferryman
Willibald Cooks
(archive footage)
Dr. Remus
Kitty Lerron