Bernhard Goetzke
1884–1964 · German actor
Bernhard Goetzke was a German stage and film actor, renowned for his contributions to German silent cinema. Born in Danzig, German Empire, Goetzke began his acting career in theaters across Hagen, Düsseldorf, Dresden, and Berlin. His film debut came in 1917 with Robert Wiene's Furcht (Fear), but his breakthrough roles were in Fritz Lang's films, including Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922), and Die Nibelungen (1924). His restrained yet expressive acting style made him a favourite among filmmakers.
Bernhard Goetzke, in order
- 1917 Fear: acted · directed by Robert Wiene
- 1919 According to Law: acted · directed by Willy Grunwald
- 1919 Madame DuBarry: acted · directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- 1919 The Dagger of Malaya: acted · directed by Leo Lasko
- 1919 The Japanese Woman: acted · directed by Ewald André Dupont
- 1919 The Panther Bride: acted · directed by Leo Lasko
- 1919 Veritas Vincit: acted · directed by Joe May
- 1920 The Hunt for Death: acted · directed by Karl Gerhardt
- 1921 Destiny: acted · directed by Fritz Lang
- 1921 Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth: acted · directed by Joe May
- 1921 Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law: acted · directed by Joe May
- 1921 The Brothers Karamazov: acted · directed by Carl Froelich and Dimitri Buchowetzki
- 1921 The Conspiracy in Genoa: acted · directed by Paul Leni
- 1921 The Indian Tomb (short film): acted · directed by Joe May
- 1921 The Secret of Bombay: acted · directed by Artur Holz
- 1922 Dr. Mabuse the Gambler: acted · directed by Fritz Lang · critics 94%, audiences 87% · streaming on Kanopy, Fawesome
- 1922 Peter the Great: acted · directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki
- 1922 The Loves of Pharaoh: acted · directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- 1922 Vanina: acted · directed by Arthur von Gerlach
- 1924 Decameron Nights: acted · directed by Herbert Wilcox
- 1924 Kriemhild's Revenge: acted · directed by Fritz Lang
- 1924 Siegfried: acted · directed by Fritz Lang
- 1925 Curfew: acted · directed by Conrad Wiene
- 1925 Slums of Berlin: acted · directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
- 1925 The Blackguard: acted · directed by Graham Cutts
- 1926 Children of No Importance: acted · directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
- 1926 The Last Days of Pompeii: acted · directed by Amleto Palermi and Carmine Gallone
- 1926 The Mountain Eagle: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- 1926 Two and a Lady: acted · directed by Alwin Neuß
- 1926 Wrath of the Seas: acted · directed by Manfred Noa
- 1927 Assassination: acted · directed by Richard Oswald
- 1927 That Dangerous Age: acted · directed by Eugen Illés
- 1927 The Prisoners of Shanghai: acted · directed by Augusto Genina and Géza von Bolváry
- 1927 The Temple of Shadows: acted · directed by André Hugon
- 1928 Salamander: acted · directed by Grigori Roshal and Mikhail Doller
- 1928 The Hangman: acted · directed by Adolf Trotz and Theodor Sparkuhl
- 1928 The Schorrsiegel Affair: acted · directed by Jaap Speyer
- 1928 Tragedy at the Royal Circus: acted · directed by Alfred Lind
- 1929 Spring Awakening: acted · directed by Richard Oswald
- 1929 The Count of Monte Cristo: acted · directed by Henri Fescourt
- 1930 Alraune: acted · directed by Richard Oswald
- 1930 Cities and Years: acted · directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov
- 1930 Dreyfus: acted · directed by Richard Oswald
- 1931 1914: acted · directed by Richard Oswald
- 1931 Erämaan turvissa: acted · directed by Carl von Haartman and Friedrich von Maydell
- 1931 Louise, Queen of Prussia: acted · directed by Carl Froelich
- 1931 The Trunks of Mr. O.F.: acted · directed by Alexis Granowsky
- 1932 Der schwarze Husar: acted · directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
- 1932 Night Convoy: acted · directed by James Bauer
- 1932 Rasputin, Demon with Women: acted · directed by Adolf Trotz
- 1932 The Dancer of Sanssouci: acted · directed by Frederic Zelnik
- 1932 The Eleven Schill Officers: acted · directed by Rudolf Meinert
- 1932 The Mad Bomberg: acted · directed by Georg Asagaroff
- 1934 Typhoon: acted · directed by Robert Wiene
- 1936 Escapade: acted · directed by Erich Waschneck
- 1936 Michel Strogoff: acted · directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and Richard Eichberg
- 1936 The Czar's Courier: acted · directed by Richard Eichberg
- 1937 Fridericus: acted · directed by Johannes Meyer
- 1939 Robert Koch: acted · directed by Hans Steinhoff
- 1939 Salonwagen E 417: acted · directed by Paul Verhoeven
- 1940 Bismarck: acted · directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
- 1940 Jud Süß: acted · directed by Veit Harlan
- 1940 The Fox of Glenarvon: acted · directed by Max W. Kimmich
- 1941 Ich klage an: acted · directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
- 1941 The Swedish Nightingale: acted · directed by Peter Paul Brauer
- 1942 The Great King: acted · directed by Veit Harlan
- 1943 A Man with Principles?: acted · directed by Géza von Bolváry
- 1943 Paracelsus: acted · directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- 1943 The Golden Spider: acted · directed by Erich Engels
- 1950 Heart of Stone: acted · directed by Paul Verhoeven