Krauss, Werner b. 1884

Overview

Works:	137 works in 293 publications in 9 languages and 4,559 library holdings
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Creator, Other, Editor
Classifications:	pn1995.75, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1910 |

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Publications about Werner Krauss

Publications by Werner Krauss

Most widely held works about Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss by Wolfgang Goetz ( Book )
Meister deutscher Schauspielkunst: Krauss, Klöpfer, Jannings, George by Joseph Gregor ( Book )
Die Welt des Schauspielers Werner Krauss : Bekenntnisse und Erlebnisse by Alfred Mühr ( Book )
Werner Krauss : ein Schauspieler und das neunzehnte Jahrhundert by Herbert Ihering ( Book )
Werner Krauss : Schauspieler in seiner Zeit , 1884 bis 1959 : die Biographie, mit einem Verzeichnis der Theaterrollen by Wolff A Greinert ( Book )

Werner Krauss; das schicksal auf der bühne by Alfred Mühr ( Book )
Das Schauspiel meines Lebens by Werner Krauss ( Book )
Werner Krauss : Schauspieler in seiner Zeit 1884 bis 1959 : die Biographie by Wolff A Greinert ( Book )
Poor Punchinello by Lew Pollack ( )
Verner Krauss by B Mazing ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Werner Krauss

The cabinet of Dr. Caligari a film in six acts ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1980 and 2009 in English and German and held by 1,096 libraries worldwide
In the film The cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a somnambulist commits murders under a hypnotist's influence. Also featured is a lengthy excerpt of Genuine. Both films are examples of the German Expressionist movement.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( Visual )
34 editions published between 1919 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 410 libraries worldwide
A tale of the modern re-appearance of an 11th century myth involving the strange and mysterious influence of a mountebank monk over a somnambulist.

Waxworks ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and held by 285 libraries worldwide
A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Raschid.

Tartuffe ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 256 libraries worldwide
A religious hypocrite insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian family.

Jean Renoir ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2007 in French and held by 211 libraries worldwide
Whirlpool of fate: after the suspicious death of her father a young girl runs away from her brutal uncle and joins a gypsy camp.

Secrets of a soul a psychoanalytic film ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Multiple languages and English and held by 157 libraries worldwide
By deciphering dream symbols, a psychoanalyst is able to resolve his patient's unconscious conflicts, curing him.

Jud Süss ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1983 and 2008 in German and English and held by 143 libraries worldwide
Produced in 1938, but not released until 1940, this was the film that made the wearing of the Jewish Star of David in Europe manadatory. This is the Nazi version of the novel of the same title by Lion Feuchtwanger. It is based on the real historical character of Josef Süss Oppenheimer who was tax advisor to Karl Alexander during the early 1700's and was publicly executed in Stuttgart for manipulation of state funds. In 1926 Feuchtwanger (also Jewish) wrote the novel "Jud Süss" which contained no anti-Semitic content whatsoever. In 1934 British Gaumat Studios produced the film under the title "Power". Minister of Nazi Propaganda Joseph Goebbels saw the film and felt that the film could be produced in a Nazi version to benefit National Socialism.

Othello ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1922 and 2001 in English and held by 135 libraries worldwide
"National Film Museum, Inc."

Jud Süss ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in German and held by 117 libraries worldwide
This notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama is based on the Nazi version of the novel of the same title by Lion Feuchtwanger, which is based on the real historical character of Josef Süss Oppenheimer who was a Jewish tax advisor to Karl Alexander during the early 1700s and was publicly executed in Stuttgart for manipulation of state funds.

Nathan der Weise ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in German and Multiple languages and held by 97 libraries worldwide

Der Student von Prag The student of Prague ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 87 libraries worldwide
Presents an old German legend about a poor student in Prague who falls in love with a wealthy countess. He sells his reflection to an agent of the devil in order to become rich, then buys it back at the expense of his life. With a theme reminiscent of the Faust legend, this is considered to be one of the first 'horror' films.

Jud Süss the indoctrination of racial hatred ( Visual )
3 editions published in 1996 in German and held by 80 libraries worldwide
Nazi propaganda film at its most inflammatory. A Jewish man victimizes innocent Aryans on his way to power. Based in part on the story of Joseph Süss-Oppenheimer.

The masterworks of the German horror cinema ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 77 libraries worldwide
These three classic silent films are considered by many to be the roots of the modern horror film.

Das Schauspiel meines Leben, einem Freund erzählt by Werner Krauss ( Book )
6 editions published in 1958 in German and held by 61 libraries worldwide

Joyless street ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 51 libraries worldwide
An expressionistic account of economic and moral decay that focuses on the problems of the inhabitants of a street in decadent post World War I Vienna. Garbo plays a professor's daughter whose family security has been shattered by inflation and must now consider working in a brothel to keep her family from starving.

Joyless street ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1925 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 47 libraries worldwide
A drama about the hunger and passion of the people living under the distorted conditions of inflation-ridden, post-World-War-I Vienna.

Danton ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 41 libraries worldwide
Historical drama of Revolutionary leaders and the Reign of Terror in 18th century France.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Genuine, a tale of a Vampire ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1996 and held by 40 libraries worldwide
A young man named Francis suspects that Dr. Caligari - the travelling hypnotist who performs with his sleep-walking assistant Cesare - is a murderer. He believes that Cesare also kills while under the doctor's spell. Francis' sweetheart Jane is attacked and carried off by Cesare, but she manages to escape. During the search for her, Francis goes to an insane asylum hoping to find Cesare and discovers that the director of the asylum is none other than the insane Dr. Caligari.

Opium ( Visual )
5 editions published in 1919 in German and English and held by 38 libraries worldwide
A man's addictions to opium and sex lead to tragic results.

Das cabinet des Dr. Caligari ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1919 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 28 libraries worldwide
A somnambulist commits murders at a hypnotist's bidding in this German expressionist horror classic.

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