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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.
22 Ogo 2023 · Rudolf Klein-Rogge plays King Etzel in Die Nibelungen giving him some variation and reprieve from the mad scientist type character.
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.
Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge was born in Cologne on November 24 1885 (other sources state 1888 as the year of birth). After graduating from school and attending military academy, he studied art history in Berlin and Bonn and took acting classes. In 1909, he made his stage debut as Cassius in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Locked away in an asylum for a decade and teetering between life and death, the criminal mastermind Doctor Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) has scribbled his last will and testament: a manifesto establishing a future empire of crime.
