Elsa Wagner

Known for ActingBorn 1881-01-24Died 1975-08-17Reval, Harrien County, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dream Music

You and I

Anna Favetti

Daphne and the Diplomat

Was wissen denn Männer

Ehe in Not

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

The Night of the Twelfth

No Place for Love

Was wird hier gespielt?

Annemarie. Die Geschichte einer jungen Liebe

An Evening Visit

The Song of Life

Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers

Frühlingsfluten

The Man in the Saddle

The Impostor

Die unvollkommene Liebe

The Gambler

Ball at the Metropol

Moscow Shanghai

Hans in Luck

Moral

Barcarole

Three from the stamp office

The Trunks of Mr. O.F.

Wandering Souls

The Night of Queen Isabeau

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Sweetheart of the Gods

The Leghorn Hat

Gold

Mad Love

Atlantic

...and the Sky Above Us

People Among Us

Marriage of Figaro

Tell the Truth

The Haunted Castle

The March to the Führer

Großalarm

Freight from Baltimore

Musik im Blut

Frühlingsrauschen - Tränen, die ich dir geweint

Luther

Die blaue Mauritius

Die Sieger

Unser Willi ist der Beste