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

Vendetta
Vendetta

1919

as Tomasso

The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel

1930

as Immanuel Rath

Traumulus
Traumulus

1936

as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

Faust
Faust

1926

as Mephisto

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)

Variety
Variety

1925

as Boss Huller

The Tragedy of Love
The Tragedy of Love

1923

as Ombrade

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Passionels Tagebuch

1916

as Karl Borke

Othello
Othello

1922

as Othello

The Sovereign
The Sovereign

1937

as Matthias Clausen

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

2011

as Himself (archive footage)

The Last Command
The Last Command

1928

as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

The Rats
The Rats

1921

as Bruno Mechelke

Betrayal
Betrayal

1929

as Poldi Moser

Tartuffe
Tartuffe

1926

as Tartüff

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Rose Bernd

1919

as Arthur Streckmann

The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh

1927

as August Shilling