Born December 11, 1874· Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
† Died September 13, 1948
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Born in 1874, Paul Wegener abandoned law studies at age twenty to pursue acting, touring provincial theatres before joining Max Reinhardt’s troupe in 1906; he entered cinema in 1913 with The Student of Prague and soon co‑directed and co‑wrote the successful The Golem (1915). His 1920 remake The Golem: How He Came into the World became a German‑expressionist classic, while earlier works such as Der…
