Emil Jannings

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Known For

Acting

Born

1884-07-22

Place of Birth

Rorschach, Switzerland
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Emil Jannings

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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Acting History

2017
100 Years of the UFA as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Hitler's Hollywood as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)
2003
The Making of 'The Last Laugh' as Hotelportier (archive footage)
2002
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
1953
The Oscars
1945
Where Is Mr. Belling? as Eberhard Belling
1943
Altes Herz wird wieder jung as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
1942
The Dismissal as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
1941
Uncle Krüger as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
1939
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes as Dr. Robert Koch
1939
Der letzte Appell
1937
The Broken Jug as Adam
1937
The Sovereign as Matthias Clausen
1936
Traumulus as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
1935
The Old and The Young King as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
1934
Der schwarze Walfisch as Peter Petersen
1933
König Pausole as König Pausole
1932
The Tempest as Gustav Bumke
1930
Darling of the Gods as Albert Winkelmann
1930
The Blue Angel as Immanuel Rath
1929
Betrayal as Poldi Moser
1928
Sins of the Fathers as Wilhelm Spengler
1928
The Movie City of Hollywood as Self
1928
The Patriot as Czar Paul I
1928
The Street of Sin as Basher Bill
1928
The Last Command as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
1927
The Way of All Flesh as August Shilling
1926
Faust as Mephisto
1926
Liebe macht blind
1926
Tartuffe as Tartüff
1925
Variety as Boss Huller
1924
The Last Laugh as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]
1924
Husbands or Lovers as Ehemann
1924
Waxworks as Harun al Raschid
1924
Quo Vadis? as Nerone
1924
The Film in the Film as Self
1923
All for Money as S. I. Rupp
1923
The Countess of Paris as Ombrade
1923
The Tragedy of Love as Ombrade
1922
Peter the Great as Tsar Peter the Great
1922
The Loves of Pharaoh as Pharao Amenes
1922
Othello as Othello
1921
The Rats
1921
Die Brüder Karamasoff
1921
Danton as Danton
1920
Anna Boleyn as Henry VIII, King of England
1920
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
1920
Algol: Tragedy of Power as Robert Herne
1920
The Great Light as Lorenz Ferleitner
1920
Kohlhiesel's Daughters as Peter Xaver
1920
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
1919
Rose Bernd as Arthur Streckmann
1919
Madame DuBarry as Ludwig XV.
1919
Vendetta as Tomasso
1919
The Daughter of Mehemed as Vaco Juan Riberda
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy as Radu
1918
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil as James Fraenkel/John Smith
1918
Keimendes Leben as James Fraenkel
1918
Fuhrmann Henschel
1917
The Merry Jail as Quabbe - der Gaoler
1917
Lulu as Alfredo, a clown
1917
When Four Do the Same as Segetoff
1917
A Night of Horror
1917
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
1917
Stein unter Steinen as Göttlingk
1916
Passionels Tagebuch as Karl Borke
1916
Der Morphinist
1916
Frau Eva as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
1916
Life is a Dream as Verführer
1914
Dear Eva