Werner Krauss was a German film actor. Krauss was born in Gestungshausen, Germany, the son of a clergyman. He ran away from home and joined a travelling theatre company. There, he met the noted theatre director Max Reinhardt. Reinhardt took Krauss to Berlin where he became a film actor in 1916. Krauss became a worldwide sensation for his demonic portrayal of the titular character in Robert Wiene's "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". Wikipedia
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...) Sohn ohne Heimat (1955) Werner Krauss (1884 - 1959) Books with substantional mentioning of Werner Krauss Walter Firner , Wir und das Theater, Ein Schauspieler-Bildbuch , Mnchen, 1932 ... film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=665