Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

1884-07-22 – 1950-01-02 (age 65) Rorschach, Switzerland
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Biography

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.

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Known For

The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh

1924

as Hotel Doorman

Faust
Faust

1926

as Mephisto

The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel

1930

as Immanuel Rath

The Last Command
The Last Command

1928

as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

as Himself (archive footage)

Waxworks
Waxworks

1924

as Harun al Raschid

The Eyes of the Mummy
Anna Boleyn
Anna Boleyn

1920

as Henry VIII, King of England

The Old and The Young King
The Old and The Young King

1935

as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Algol: Tragedy of Power
Algol: Tragedy of Power

1920

as Robert Herne

Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry

1919

as Ludwig XV.

Traumulus
Traumulus

1936

as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

Betrayal
Betrayal

1929

as Poldi Moser

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Rose Bernd

1919

as Arthur Streckmann

100 Years of the UFA
100 Years of the UFA

2017

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Tartuffe
Tartuffe

1926

as Tartüff

The Patriot
The Patriot

1928

as Czar Paul I

Hitler's Hollywood
Hitler's Hollywood

2017

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Variety
Variety

1925

as Boss Huller