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Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Nov 24, 1885 - May 29, 1955 (69 years old) in Cologne, Germany

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. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking audiences, for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse.

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Metropolis
C.A. Rotwang
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Tarakanova
Le Comte Chouvalof
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Criminal (uncredited)
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Madame Bovary
Prof. Canivet
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Tingel Tangel
Don Fabio Coridon
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Wolga Wolga
Kosak Hadschi-Ali
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Fighting the White Slave Traffic
Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian

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