Otto Wernicke
Otto Karl Robert Wernicke 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 Gottbegnadeten-Liste, a list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture which Joseph Goebbels compiled for Adolf Hitler's approval.
Selected filmography
Girls You Don't Marry Wo Menschen Frieden finden The Searching Soul Mrs Worrington's Perfume - Philipp WorringtonThe Gambling Den of Montmartre - Der ApacheM - Inspector Karl LohmannStorms of Passion - Police CommissionerNacht der Versuchung Peter Voss, Thief of Millions - PittThe Bartered Bride - Kezal - HeiratsvermittlerThe Naked Truth - Karl, LokomotivführerThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse - Inspector Karl LohmannDie blonde Christl - Franz LechnerS.A.-Mann Brand - Herr BrandThe Tunnel - BärmannThe Fugitive from Chicago - Wolke, WerkmeisterAchtung! Wer kennt diese Frau? - Thomas BurgerThe Switched Bride - Der GefängnisdirektorMaster of the World - Wolter, OberingenieurStupid Mama - Inspektor BenekeBetween Heaven and Earth - Motz, SchieferbruchbesitzerPeer Gynt - ParkerKnockout - P. F. SchmidtchenEin ganzer Kerl - Eckhardt, WiegemeisterThe Valiant Navigator - Bäckermeister HolmHangmen, Women and Soldiers - Pieter TimmDie lustigen Weiber - Herr Fluth / Frank FordArzt aus Leidenschaft - Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der KlinikStreet Music - Godemann - GastwirtThe Castle in Flanders - Bonnet - AgentUncle Bräsig - Onkel BräsigDangerous Crossing - Scheffler - AufsichtsbeamterWie der Hase läuft - Warnecke - Ortsvorsteher in PümpelhausenHeimweh - Stober, PastorUnternehmen Michael - Der Artillerie-KommandeurManege - Jan MorellAutobus S - 'Kapitän' KrökerDer Katzensteg - Gastwirt MerckelStarke Herzen - LudwigDas große Abenteuer - KriminalratStimme des Blutes Rätsel um Beate - Vater Hübner - SchmiedWie einst im Mai - Schradecke, StellmacherEine Frau kommt in die Tropen - Verwalter MillerSecret Code LB 17 - Police Commissar BorelNordlicht - Kaufmann HansenLove Letters from Engadin - Thomas Viertinger, HotelierDreizehn Mann und eine Kanone Three Wonderful Days New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz - Gast im 'Elite'Gold in New Frisco - Jonathan PepperD III 88 - Oberwerkmeister BonickeMidsummer Night's Fire - VogelreuterDer Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius - FranzMaria Ilona - Fürst WindischgrätzWas wird hier gespielt? Ohm Krüger - British concentration camp commanderFriedemann Bach - Kunde im Musikladen Heimkehr - Old ManzDie Kellnerin Anna - Ludwig BurgstallerSein Sohn - Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei HellmersThe Great King - Oberst RochowDer Seniorchef - Georg von Schulte, PferdezüchterTitanic - Captain Edward J. SmithDer große Preis - Obermeister KrampSeinerzeit zu meiner Zeit - Amtgerichtsrat WittLife Calls - Der VaterKolberg - Bauer WernerKamerad Hedwig - Fritz BeierDer Fall Molander - KunsthändlerBetween Yesterday and Tomorrow - Ministerialdirektor TrunkDer Herr vom andern Stern - GeneralLong Is the Road - Senior DoctorAmico - Robert Kornagel, KonditormeisterDu bist nicht allein - Martin JürgensWho Drove the Grey Ford? - Kriminalkommissar ThiemeChased by the Devil - Herr DakarDie fidele Tankstelle - Gustav KrauseLove and Blood Shadows Over Naples - PietroSky Without Stars - Inspektor Hoffmann' - Dr. Rainer sr.The Captain from Köpenick - SchuhmachermeisterDas Sonntagskind - WillowitzThe Scarlet Baroness- '