Person
Emil Jannings
Acting · 1884–1950 · Rorschach, Switzerland
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.
Known for
The Oscars
1953
The Last Laugh
Hotel Doorman
The Blue Angel
Immanuel Rath
Faust
Mephisto
The Adventures of King Pausole
König Pausole
The Patriot
Czar Paul I
A Night of Horror
1917
Danton
Danton
All for Money
S. I. Rupp
Der Morphinist
1916
Filmography
- 2017100 Years of the UFASelf - Actor (archive footage)
- 2017Hitler's HollywoodSelf - Actor (archive footage)
- 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHimself (archive footage)
- 2003The Making of 'The Last Laugh'Hotelportier (archive footage)
- 2002Los 5 Faust de F. W. MurnauHimself / Mephisto (archive footage)
- 1953The Oscars
- 1945Where Is Mr. Belling?Eberhard Belling
- 1943An Old Heart Becomes Young AgainFriedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
- 1942The DismissalFürst Otto von Bismarck
- 1941Uncle KrügerOhm (Paul)Krüger
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf (archive footage)
- 1939Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des TodesDr. Robert Koch
- 1939Der letzte Appell
- 1937The Broken JugAdam
- 1937The SovereignMatthias Clausen
- 1936TraumulusProf. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
- 1935The Old and The Young KingKönig Friedrich Wilhelm I.
- 1934The Black WhalePeter Petersen
- 1933The Adventures of King PausoleKönig Pausole
- 1932The TempestGustav Bumke
- 1930Darling of the GodsAlbert Winkelmann
- 1930The Blue AngelImmanuel Rath
- 1929BetrayalPoldi Moser
- 1928Sins of the FathersWilhelm Spengler
- 1928The Movie City of HollywoodSelf
- 1928The PatriotCzar Paul I
- 1928The Street of SinBasher Bill
- 1928The Last CommandGen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
- 1927The Way of All FleshAugust Shilling
- 1926FaustMephisto
- 1926Love Is Blind
- 1926TartuffeTartüff
- 1925VarietyBoss Huller
- 1924The Last LaughHotel Doorman
- 1924Husbands or LoversEhemann
- 1924WaxworksHarun al Raschid
- 1924Quo Vadis?Nerone
- 1924The Film in the FilmSelf
- 1923All for MoneyS. I. Rupp
- 1923The Countess of ParisOmbrade
- 1923The Tragedy of LoveOmbrade
- 1922Peter the GreatTsar Peter the Great
- 1922The Loves of PharaohPharao Amenes
- 1922OthelloOthello
- 1921The RatsBruno Mechelke
- 1921DantonDanton
- 1920Anna BoleynHenry VIII, King of England
- 1920Der Schädel der PharaonentochterOsorcon, Pharao of Egypt
- 1920Die Brüder Karamasoff
- 1920Algol: Tragedy of PowerRobert Herne
- 1920The Great LightLorenz Ferleitner
- 1920Kohlhiesel's DaughtersPeter Xaver
- 1920Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
- 1919Rose BerndArthur Streckmann
- 1919Madame DuBarryLudwig XV.
- 1919VendettaTomasso
- 1919The Daughter of MehemedVaco Juan Riberda
- 1918The Eyes of the MummyRadu
- 1918Keimendes Leben. 2. TeilJames Fraenkel/John Smith
- 1918Keimendes LebenJames Fraenkel
- 1918Fuhrmann Henschel
- 1917The Merry JailQuabbe - der Gaoler
- 1917LuluAlfredo, a clown
- 1917When Four Do the SameSegetoff
- 1917A Night of Horror
- 1917Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
- 1917Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
- 1917Hoheit Radieschen
- 1917Stein unter SteinenGöttlingk
- 1916Passionels TagebuchKarl Borke
- 1916Der Morphinist
- 1916Frau Evaihr Mann, der Fabrikant
- 1916Life is a DreamVerführer
- 1914Dear Eva
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