The director and actor Uwe Jens Krafft began his film career as an actor.
His last work as a director was released in cinema after his death with the short movie "Leier und Schwert" (1930) with Carl Jöken.
Uwe Jens Krafft also realised numerous movies as a director. To these works belong the 5th and 6th part of "Die Herrin der Welt" (1919). For the first four parts he was responsible as a director assistant.