Emil Jannings

Known for: Acting
Born: July 22, 1884, Rorschach, Switzerland
Died: January 2, 1950
Movies: 77

Emil Jannings (1884–1950) was a German actor, the first to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Between 1926 and 1929, he worked in Hollywood. Upon returning to Germany, he sympathized with the Nazi regime and was one of the advisors to Universum Film-Aktiengesellschaft (UFA), the film studios controlled by Goebbels as a propaganda weapon. With the end of World War II and Germany's defeat, his career fell into disgrace.

Best-Known Movies

7.9

Faust

1926

7.3

The Blue Angel

1930

7.8

The Last Laugh

1924

7.4

The Last Command

1928

7.2

Tartuffe

1926

6.4

Waxworks

1924

6.7

Variety

1925

6.5

Hitler's Hollywood

2017

6.5

Madame DuBarry

1919

6.9

Anna Boleyn

1920

Filmography

2017	100 Years of the UFA	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017	Hitler's Hollywood	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2011	Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films	Himself (archive footage)
2003	The Making of 'The Last Laugh'	Hotelportier (archive footage)
2002	Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau	Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
1945	Where Is Mr. Belling?	Eberhard Belling
1943	An Old Heart Becomes Young Again	Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
1942	The Dismissal	Fürst Otto von Bismarck
1941	Uncle Krüger	Ohm (Paul)Krüger
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Self (archive footage)
1939	Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes	Dr. Robert Koch
1939	Der letzte Appell
1937	The Broken Jug	Adam
1937	The Sovereign	Matthias Clausen
1936	Traumulus	Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
1935	The Old and The Young King	König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
1934	The Black Whale	Peter Petersen
1933	The Adventures of King Pausole	König Pausole
1932	The Tempest	Gustav Bumke
1930	Darling of the Gods	Albert Winkelmann
1930	The Blue Angel	Immanuel Rath
1929	Betrayal	Poldi Moser
1928	Sins of the Fathers	Wilhelm Spengler
1928	The Movie City of Hollywood	Self
1928	The Patriot	Czar Paul I
1928	The Street of Sin	Basher Bill
1928	The Last Command	Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
1927	The Way of All Flesh	August Shilling
1926	Faust	Mephisto
1926	Love Is Blind
1926	Tartuffe	Tartüff
1925	Variety	Boss Huller
1924	The Last Laugh	Hotel Doorman
1924	Husbands or Lovers	Ehemann
1924	Waxworks	Harun al Raschid
1924	Quo Vadis?	Nerone
1924	The Film in the Film	Self
1923	All for Money	S. I. Rupp
1923	The Countess of Paris	Ombrade
1923	The Tragedy of Love	Ombrade
1922	Peter the Great	Tsar Peter the Great
1922	The Loves of Pharaoh	Pharao Amenes
1922	Othello	Othello
1921	The Rats	Bruno Mechelke
1921	Danton	Danton
1920	Anna Boleyn	Henry VIII, King of England
1920	Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter	Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
1920	The Brothers Karamazov
1920	Algol: Tragedy of Power	Robert Herne
1920	The Great Light	Lorenz Ferleitner
1920	Kohlhiesel's Daughters	Peter Xaver
1920	Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
1919	Rose Bernd	Arthur Streckmann
1919	Madame DuBarry	Ludwig XV.
1919	Vendetta	Tomasso
1919	The Daughter of Mehemed	Vaco Juan Riberda
1918	Der Mann der Tat	Jan Miller
1918	The Eyes of the Mummy	Radu
1918	Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil	James Fraenkel/John Smith
1918	Keimendes Leben	James Fraenkel
1918	Fuhrmann Henschel
1917	The Merry Jail	Quabbe - der Gaoler
1917	Lulu	Alfredo, a clown
1917	When Four Do the Same	Segetoff
1917	A Night of Horror
1917	Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917	Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
1917	Hoheit Radieschen
1917	Stein unter Steinen	Göttlingk
1916	Passionels Tagebuch	Karl Borke
1916	Der Morphinist
1916	Mrs. Eva	ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
1916	Life is a Dream	Verführer
1914	Dear Eva

Directing, Writing & Producing

1942	The Dismissal	Producer
1941	Uncle Krüger	Producer
1937	The Broken Jug	Director

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