Elsa Wagner


Elsa Wagner 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].

Life and career

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 and Karl Heinz Martin's Von Morgens bis Mitternachts in 1920, F. W. Murnau's 1922 Das Brennende Acker, Gerhard Lamprecht's Die Buddenbrooks and Wiene's I.N.R.I. in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 Atlantik.
Wagner died in Berlin on 17 August 1975 and was interred at the Cemetery Dahlem.

Selected filmography

The Wandering Light The Foreign Prince The Rosentopf Case The Victors The Pied Piper of Hamelin Ruth's Two Husbands Anita Jo The Living Dead The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Satanas The Night of Queen Isabeau The Marquise of Armiani The Golden Crown Monika Vogelsang The Closed Chain Comrades Wandering Souls Barmaid The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen I.N.R.I. The Found Bride If Only It Weren't Love A Free People One Minute to Twelve People to Each Other Children of No Importance The Master of Nuremberg The Sporck Battalion The Girl with the Five Zeros Lotte The Old Fritz Violantha Luther The Burning Heart Marriage in Trouble Rustle of Spring Atlantik The Trunks of Mr. O.F. Three from the Unemployment Office The Eleven Schill Officers What Men Know Music in the Blood The Girl Irene Moscow-Shanghai The Divine Jetta Daphne and the Diplomat Ball at the Metropol Capers Unternehmen Michael Dangerous Game Anna Favetti You and I Freight from Baltimore Dance on the Volcano Target in the Clouds Her First Experience The Leghorn Hat Police Report Heimkehr A Gust of Wind Front Theatre The Impostor (1944 [German film)|The Impostor] Life Calls Tell the Truth And the Heavens Above Us Wozzeck No Place for Love Thank You, I'm Fine Night of the Twelve The Marriage of Figaro Christina Love's Awakening The Stronger Woman Before God and Man La Paloma Crime After School The Haunted Castle Sweetheart of the Gods Emil and the Detectives Our Willi Is the Best