---
name: "Bernhard Goetzke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernhard-goetzke"
fi1m_id: "bernhard-goetzke"
imdb_id: "nm0324553"
tmdb_id: 29141
wikidata_id: "Q66861"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 June 1884"
died: "7 October 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:52:41.233643+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bernhard Goetzke

## Identity

Bernhard Goetzke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernhard-goetzke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernhard-goetzke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0324553
- **TMDB ID:** 29141
- **Wikidata ID:** Q66861
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetzke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29141

Actor. Born 5 June 1884 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. Died 7 October 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1884, Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]
- **Died:** 7 October 1964
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetzke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29141

## Biography

Bernhard Goetzke was a German stage and film actor. Born in Danzig in 1884, he trained as an actor and worked in theatres in Hagen and Dresden before joining Max Reinhardt’s companies in Berlin. He was a long-serving member of the Berlin Schillertheater.

Goetzke appeared in more than 130 films between 1917 and 1961. His film debut came in Robert Wiene’s *Fear* (1917). He became known for leading and prominent roles in Fritz Lang’s silent films, including Death in *Destiny* (1921), Prosecutor von Wenk in *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), and Volker von Alzeÿ in both parts of *Die Nibelungen* (1924). He also played the lead in Alfred Hitchcock’s *The Mountain Eagle* (1926). After the arrival of sound he took supporting roles in numerous productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), Fi1m 77, as Prosecutor von Wenk — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-mabuse-the-gambler.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Heart of Stone* (1950), as Armer Bauer am Karussell
- *The Grand Prix* (1944), Actor
- *A Man with Principles?* (1943), as Ein Zuhörer der Konferenz
- *The Heir* (1943), Actor
- *Paracelsus* (1943), Actor
- *Heimaterde* (1941), Actor
- *Bismarck* (1940), as Flügeladjutant des Königs
- *Between Hamburg and Haiti* (1940), Actor
- *Süss, the Jew* (1940), Actor
- *The Lucky Seven* (1940), as Kameramann der Stella-Filmkunst
- *Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes* (1939), as Kochs Patient Netschmann
- *Salonwagen E 417* (1939), as Geist
- *Fridericus* (1937), Actor
- *Eskapade* (1936), Actor
- *Michel Strogoff* (1936), Actor
- *The Czar's Courier* (1936), as Emir Feofar
- *Love and Alarum* (1934), Actor
- *Police File 909* (1934), as Staatsanwalt
- *Das alte Recht* (1934), as Johann Ruseler
- *Schüsse an der Grenze* (1933), as Oberzollrat Rüder
- *K 1 greift ein* (1933), as Kriminalkommissar Kunert
- *Le cas du docteur Brenner* (1933), Actor
- *Moral und Liebe* (1933), as Staatsanwalt
- *The Black Hussar* (1932), as Duke Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig
- *Theodor Körner* (1932), Actor
- *Barbarina, the King's Dancer* (1932), Actor
- *Strafsache van Geldern* (1932), as Mann bei Gericht neben Schliephake
- *For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles* (1932), Actor
- *Rasputin, Demon of the Women* (1932), as Luscha's Father
- *The Trunks of Mr. O.F.* (1931), as Prof. Smith
- *Erämaan turvissa* (1931), as vanha metsästäjä, entinen tsaarin upseeri
- *Stormy Night* (1931), as Peters
- *1914: The Last Days Before the War* (1931), as Peter I of Serbia
- *Cities and Years* (1930), Actor
- *Alraune* (1930), as Dr. Petersen
- *Die Todesfahrt im Weltrekord* (1929), as Kommissar Wolter
- *Monte Cristo* (1929), as L'abbé Faria
- *Spring Awakening* (1929), Actor
- *The Hangman* (1928), Actor
- *Salamander* (1928), as Professor Zange
- *Tragedy at the Royal Circus* (1928), as Dr. Magirus
- *Die Sache mit Schorrsiegel* (1928), as Professor de Geer
- *Schuldig* (1928), as Thomas Feld
- *The Dangerous Age* (1927), as Richard Lindtner
- *Die Gefangene von Shanghai* (1927), Actor
- *Wrath of the Seas* (1926), Actor
- *The Mountain Eagle* (1926), as Mr. Pettigrew
- *Children of No Importance* (1926), as Lorenz Hewer
- *The Last Days of Pompeii* (1926), as Arbace
- *The Blackguard* (1925), as Adrian Levinski
- *In the Slums of Berlin* (1925), as Robert Kramer
- *Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge* (1924), as Volker von Alzeÿ
- *Die Nibelungen: Siegfried* (1924), as Volker von Alzeÿ
- *Decameron Nights* (1924), as Torello
- *Peter the Great* (1922), as Minister Menschikoff
- *Vanina* (1922), as Priester
- *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), as Prosecutor von Wenk — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-mabuse-the-gambler.md)
- *The Loves of Pharaoh* (1922), Actor
- *The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur* (1921), as Yogi Ramigani
- *The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi* (1921), as Yogi Ramigani
- *Destiny* (1921), as Death / El Mot / Archer
- *Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 4. Teil: Die Goldmine von Sar-Khin* (1921), as Lubzang
- *Opfer der Keuschheit* (1921), Actor
- *Toteninsel* (1921), Actor
- *Das Geheimnis von Bombay* (1921), Actor
- *Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel* (1921), as Lubzang
- *Zügelloses Blut 2. Teil: Die Diamantenfalle* (1921), Actor
- *Zügelloses Blut 1. Teil: Luxusfieber* (1921), Actor
- *Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter* (1920), as Paophis
- *Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt* (1920), as Lubzang
- *Die Brüder Karamasoff* (1920), Actor
- *Dolls of Death* (1920), as Bildschnitzer Erasmus
- *Menschen* (1920), Actor
- *Satans Peitsche* (1920), Actor
- *Der Dolch des Malayen* (1919), as Tschutschur
- *Eerie Tales* (1919), as A Friend at Table Seance
- *Madame DuBarry* (1919), as Revolutionär
- *Die Pantherbraut* (1919), Actor
- *The Japanese Woman* (1919), Actor
- *Veritas vincit* (1919), as Inder
- *Kill No More!* (1919), Actor
- *Anita Jo* (1919), Actor
- *Fear* (1917), as Manservant

## Gallery

- ![Bernhard Goetzke](https://film.one/media/person/3849240/gallery-77c7f46e05e3.jpg) Bernhard Goetzke — Alexander Binder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Bernhard_Goetzke_by_Alexander_Binder.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bernhard Goetzke](https://film.one/media/person/3849240/gallery-4afa9a8ee16a.jpg) Bernhard Goetzke — Image via TMDB

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