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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 Johannes Krauß war ein deutsch-österreichischer Schauspieler. Er galt als charismatisches Genie und größter Schauspieler seiner Zeit mit unglaublicher Verwandlungskunst, war jedoch Antisemit und infolge seiner Nähe zum Nationalsozialismus als Person sehr umstritten.
Werner Krauss was born on 23 June 1884 in Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Paracelsus (1943) and Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939).
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Werner Krauss (7 June 1900 – 28 August 1976) was a German university professor (Romance studies). [1] During the 1940s he became a political activist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.
Feb 25, 2020 · The film focuses on Franzis (Friedrich Fehér), a student in a small German town, whose friend falls victim to a mass-murdering somnambulist, Cesare (Conrad Veidt), who kills while under the control of a local fairground entertainer and hypnotist, Caligari (Werner Krauss).
Werner Krauss was a German actor who starred in expressionist films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. He was also a Nazi supporter and a minor war criminal who was convicted and fined after the war.
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.
