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Otto Wernicke

Actor / Film Director | * 09/30/1893 († 72, 11/07/1965) | Osterode am Harz
Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He is best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Married to a Jewish woman, he was only able to continue working in Germany after the Nazi Party took power in 1933 because he received a special dispensation from the Reich Chamber of Culture. In 1943, he portrayed Captain Smith in Titanic, the first film on the subject which was simply titled Titanic, and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with the true events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of Titanic films. After being cast in 1944 in the propaganda epic Kolberg, he was added to the G... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. Whe ...

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

NR

1933 | 3.8/5 | 2h 2min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the president of the White Star Line, who unwisely pressed the Tit ...

Titanic

Certification unknown

1943 | 3.1/5 | 1h 25min
Action, Drama, History
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In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to ...

M

PG-13

1931 | 4.1/5 | 1h 57min
Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
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The clever Zacharias Bräsig is a good friend to all and tries to help out, where he can. Bräsig also meddles in the relationships of young people, so that by the end of the film, there's a double ma ...

Onkel Bräsig

Certification unknown

1936
Comedy
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Movies with Otto Wernicke as Actor(72)

as Diener Adam Fröschl1959 Immer die Mädchen
as Dr. Rainer sr.1956 Studentin Helene Willfüer
as Willowitz1956 Das Sonntagskind
1955 Sky Without Stars
as Pietro1951 Shadows Over Naples
1951 City of Violence
as Kriminalkommissar Thieme1950 Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?
as Herr Dakar1950 Chased by the Devil
as Gustav Krause1950 Die fidele Tankstelle
as Martin Jürgens1949 Du bist nicht allein
as doctor1949 Long Is the Road
as Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister1949 Amico
1947 Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
as Bauer Werner1945 Kolberg
as Kunsthändler1945 Der Fall Molander
as Fritz Beier1945 Kamerad Hedwig
as Obermeister Kramp1944 Der große Preis
as Der Vater1944 Das Leben ruft
as Amtgerichtsrat Witt1944 Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit
as Kapitän Edward J. Smith1943 Titanic
as Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter1942 Der Seniorchef
as Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers1942 Sein Sohn
as Oberst Rochow1942 The Great King
as Old Manz1941 Homecoming
as Ludwig Burgstaller1941 The Waitress Anna
1940 Was wird hier gespielt?
1939 Drei wunderschöne Tage
as Franz Tettenborn, Schuhmachermeister1939 Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius
as Fürst Windischgrätz1939 Maria Ilona
as Vogelreuter1939 St. John's Fire
as Gast im 'Elite'1939 Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz
as Jonathan Pepper1939 Gold in New Frisco
as Oberwerkmeister Bonicke1939 D III 88
as Kriminalrat1938 Das große Abenteuer
as Schradecke, Stellmacher1938 Wie einst im Mai
1938 Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone
as Verwalter Miller1938 Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen
as Police Commissar Borel1938 Geheimzeichen LB 17
as Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier1938 Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin
as Vater Hübner - Schmied1938 Rätsel um Beate
as Gastwirt Merckel1938 Der Katzensteg
as Kaufmann Hansen1938 Nordlicht
1938 Stimme des Blutes
as Stober, Pastor1937 Heimweh
as 'Kapitän' Kröker1937 Autobus S
as Jan Morell1937 Manege
as Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter1937 Gleisdreieck
as Warnecke, Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen1937 Wie der Hase läuft
as Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik1936 Arzt aus Leidenschaft
as Godemann - Gastwirt1936 Straßenmusik
as Bonnet - Agent1936 Das Schloß in Flandern
as Onkel Bräsig1936 Onkel Bräsig
as Herr Fluth / Frank Ford1936 Die lustigen Weiber
as Eckhardt1935 Ein ganzer Kerl
as Bäckermeister Holm1935 Der mutige Seefahrer
as Boxmanager Schmidtchen1935 Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
as Inspektor Beneke1934 Liebe dumme Mama
as Thomas Burger1934 Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?
as Der Gefängnisdirektor1934 Die vertauschte Braut
as Wolke, Werkmeister1934 The Fugitive from Chicago
as Wolter1934 Master of the World
as Bärmann1933 Der Tunnel
as Herr Brand1933 S.A. Mann Brand
as Kommissar Lohmann1933 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Franz Lechner1933 Die blonde Christl
as Pitt1932 Peter Voss, der Millionendieb
as Heiratsvermittler Kezal1932 The Bartered Bride
1932 The Tempest
as Gesandter1932 The Night of Temptation
1932 The naked truth
as Inspector Karl Lohmann1931 M
as Philipp Worrington1925 Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington

TV Shows/Series with Otto Wernicke as Actor(1)

as Brown1963 Curd Jürgens erzählt...

Movies with Otto Wernicke as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1950 Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?

Full Name: Otto Wernicke
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Saturday, 09/30 1893 (September) in Osterode am Harz
Died: Sunday, 11/07 1965 (November) in Munich (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: German (DE)
Otto Wernicke frequently works together with these people:
Fritz Odemar (8x, Actor)
Paul Henckels (7x, Actor)
Carsta Löck (7x, Actress)
Joe Stöckel (7x, Actor)
Paul Westermeier (7x, Actor)
Beppo Brem (6x, Actor)
O.E. Hasse (6x, Actor)
Anton Pointner (6x, Actor)
Klaus Pohl (6x, Actor)
Fritz Lang (5x, Crew)
Werner Scharf (5x, Actor)
Margit Saad (2x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:172899, Added: 07/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024