Acting
Elsa Wagner
Biography
Elsa Wagner (January 24, 1881 – August 17, 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now Tallinn, Estonia, Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in Saint Petersburg, Russia prior to making her acting debut in Berlin, Germany in 1901. In addition to her performances on tour with multiple theater productions, including Faust and Peer Gynt, she went on to secure roles in more than 140 feature films, including Robert Wiene's Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and Karl Heinz Martin's Von Morgens bis Mitternachts (From Morn to Midnight) in 1920, F. W. Murnau's 1922 Das Brennende Acker (The Burning Earth), Gerhard Lamprecht's Die Buddenbrooks and Wiene's I.N.R.I. in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 Atlantik.
Movies with Elsa Wagner
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
The Gambler
1938
The March to the Führer
1940
Children of No Importance
1926
Emil and the Detectives
1964
People Among Us
1926
Wandering Souls
1921
The Haunted Castle
1960
Dream Music
1940
Mad Love
1921
Anna Favetti
1938
Die Geliebte
1939
From Morning to Midnight
1920
Joan of Arc
1935
Ihr 106. Geburtstag
1958
The Trunks of Mr. O.F.
1931
Die göttliche Jette
1937
Moscow Shanghai
1936
Der Etappenhase
1937
Seine Majestät Gustav Krause
1971
Gold
1934
Sweetheart of the Gods
1960
The Student of Prague
1935
The Monster of London City
1964
Frühlingsrauschen - Tränen, die ich dir geweint
1929
The Night of the Twelfth
1949
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938
Atlantic
1929
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
1929
Dawn
1933
The Buddenbrooks
1923
Luther
1928
Marriage of Figaro
1949
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918
Wozzeck
1947
Was wird hier gespielt?
1940
The Rosentopf Case
1918
An Evening Visit
1934
Tell the Truth
1946
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
1973
Annemarie. Die Geschichte einer jungen Liebe
1936
Three from the stamp office
1932
Music in the Blood
1934
Was wissen denn Männer
1933
Unser Willi ist der Beste
1971
Die unvollkommene Liebe
1940
Hans in Luck
1936
Moral
1936
Großalarm
1938
The Old Fritz
1928
...and the Sky Above Us
1947
The Old Fritz II
1928
Das wandernde Licht
1916
A Beautiful Day
1944
The Impostor
1944
Daphne and the Diplomat
1937
Altes Herz geht auf die Reise
1938
Die Sieger
1918
Gasparone
1937
Barcarole
1935
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
1920
Der Geburtstag unserer Ehe
1960
The Waitress Anna
1941
Life Calls
1944
The Man in the Saddle
1945
Das Werkzeug des Cosimo
1919
No Place for Love
1947
The Leghorn Hat
1939
A Dangerous Game
1937
The Night of Queen Isabeau
1920
Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen
1927
Frühlingsfluten
1924
The Song of Life
1931
Ehe in Not
1929
You and I
1938
Hansel and Gretel
1940
Freight from Baltimore
1938
I'll Carry You in My Arms
1943
Die blaue Mauritius
1918
Ball at the Metropol
1937