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 Blue Angel
The Blue Angel

1930

as Immanuel Rath

The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh

1924

as Hotel Doorman

Faust
Faust

1926

as Mephisto

The Patriot
The Patriot

1928

as Czar Paul I

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)

The Last Command
The Last Command

1928

as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

Danton
Danton

1921

as Danton

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

2011

as Himself (archive footage)

Hitler's Hollywood
Hitler's Hollywood

2017

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Tartuffe
Tartuffe

1926

as Tartüff

Anna Boleyn
Anna Boleyn

1920

as Henry VIII, King of England

Peter the Great
Peter the Great

1922

as Tsar Peter the Great

Variety
Variety

1925

as Boss Huller

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

1935

as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Betrayal
Betrayal

1929

as Poldi Moser

Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry

1919

as Ludwig XV.

The Street of Sin
The Street of Sin

1928

as Basher Bill

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Stein unter Steinen

1917

as Göttlingk

The Broken Jug
The Broken Jug

1937

as Adam

Vendetta
Vendetta

1919

as Tomasso