Emil Jannings

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Emil Jannings

Acting July 22, 1884

Rorschach, Switzerland

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 sympa…

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Faust

Faust

7.9 1926 Movie
The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

7.3 1930 Movie
The Oscars

The Oscars

7.0 1953 TV Show
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

7.8 1924 Movie
The Last Command

The Last Command

7.4 1928 Movie
Tartuffe

Tartuffe

7.2 1926 Movie
Waxworks

Waxworks

6.4 1924 Movie
Variety

Variety

6.7 1925 Movie
Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood

6.5 2017 Movie
Madame DuBarry

Madame DuBarry

6.5 1919 Movie
Anna Boleyn

Anna Boleyn

6.9 1920 Movie
The Eyes of the Mummy

The Eyes of the Mummy

5.4 1918 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    100 Years of the UFA

    Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)

  2. 2017
    Hitler's Hollywood

    Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)

  3. 2011
    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Movie Himself (archive footage)

  4. 2003
    The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

    Movie Hotelportier (archive footage)

  5. 2002
    Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

    Movie Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)

  6. 1953
    The Oscars

    TV show

  7. 1945
    Where Is Mr. Belling?

    Movie Eberhard Belling

  8. 1943
    An Old Heart Becomes Young Again

    Movie Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef

  9. 1942
    The Dismissal

    Movie Fürst Otto von Bismarck

  10. 1941
    Uncle Krüger

    Movie Ohm (Paul)Krüger

  11. 1940
    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 1939
    Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

    Movie Dr. Robert Koch

  13. 1939
    Der letzte Appell

    Movie

  14. 1937
    The Broken Jug

    Movie Adam

  15. 1937
    The Sovereign

    Movie Matthias Clausen

  16. 1936
    Traumulus

    Movie Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

More credits
  1. 1935
    The Old and The Young King

    Movie König Friedrich Wilhelm I.

  2. 1934
    The Black Whale

    Movie Peter Petersen

  3. 1933
    The Adventures of King Pausole

    Movie König Pausole

  4. 1932
    The Tempest

    Movie Gustav Bumke

  5. 1930
    Darling of the Gods

    Movie Albert Winkelmann

  6. 1930
    The Blue Angel

    Movie Immanuel Rath

  7. 1929
    Betrayal

    Movie Poldi Moser

  8. 1928
    Sins of the Fathers

    Movie Wilhelm Spengler

  9. 1928
    The Movie City of Hollywood

    Movie Self

  10. 1928
    The Patriot

    Movie Czar Paul I

  11. 1928
    The Street of Sin

    Movie Basher Bill

  12. 1928
    The Last Command

    Movie Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

  13. 1927
    The Way of All Flesh

    Movie August Shilling

  14. 1926
    Faust

    Movie Mephisto

  15. 1926
    Love Is Blind

    Movie

  16. 1926
    Tartuffe

    Movie Tartüff

  17. 1925
    Variety

    Movie Boss Huller

  18. 1924
    The Last Laugh

    Movie Hotel Doorman

  19. 1924
    Husbands or Lovers

    Movie Ehemann

  20. 1924
    Waxworks

    Movie Harun al Raschid

  21. 1924
    Quo Vadis?

    Movie Nerone

  22. 1924
    The Film in the Film

    Movie Self

  23. 1923
    All for Money

    Movie S. I. Rupp

  24. 1923
    The Countess of Paris

    Movie Ombrade