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Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

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.

Born

Jul 22, 1884

Rorschach, Switzerland

Died

Jan 02, 1950

Known For

Acting

Movies

76 acting

4 crew

Popularity

0.8

movie

Known For

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

1924

as Hotel Doorman
Faust

Faust

1926

as Mephisto
The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

1930

as Immanuel Rath
The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
1924 • as Hotel Doorman
★ 7.8
Faust
Faust
1926 • as Mephisto
★ 7.9
The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel
1930 • as Immanuel Rath
★ 7.3
Betrayal
Betrayal
1929 • as Poldi Moser
★ 9.0
Traumulus
Traumulus
1936 • as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
★ 6.5
The Street of Sin
The Street of Sin
1928 • as Basher Bill
★ 8.0
The Tragedy of Love
The Tragedy of Love
1923 • as Ombrade
★ 7.0
The Patriot
The Patriot
1928 • as Czar Paul I
★ 5.8
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry
1919 • as Ludwig XV.
★ 6.5
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920 • as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
★ 8.0
The Loves of Pharaoh
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922 • as Pharao Amenes
★ 6.5
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
1920
★ 6.0
Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?
1924 • as Nerone
★ 6.3
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Eyes of the Mummy
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918 • as Radu
★ 5.4
The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh
1927 • as August Shilling
★ 6.5
All for Money
All for Money
1923 • as S. I. Rupp
★ 8.0
Der letzte Appell
Der letzte Appell
1939
Danton
Danton
1921 • as Danton
★ 6.5
movie
The Adventures of King Pausole
1933 • as König Pausole
★ 8.0
An Old Heart Becomes Young Again
An Old Heart Becomes Young Again
1943 • as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
★ 8.0
movie
Hoheit Radieschen
1917
Anna Boleyn
Anna Boleyn
1920 • as Henry VIII, King of England
★ 6.9
movie
Where Is Mr. Belling?
1945 • as Eberhard Belling
★ 8.0
Algol: Tragedy of Power
Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920 • as Robert Herne
★ 6.5
movie
Rose Bernd
1919 • as Arthur Streckmann
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
1926 • as Tartüff
★ 7.2
Vendetta
Vendetta
1919 • as Tomasso
★ 8.0
Darling of the Gods
Darling of the Gods
1930 • as Albert Winkelmann
★ 6.2
The Last Command
The Last Command
1928 • as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
★ 7.4
Husbands or Lovers
Husbands or Lovers
1924 • as Ehemann
★ 5.6
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
1920
★ 7.0
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
2003 • as Hotelportier (archive footage)
★ 8.0
The Film in the Film
The Film in the Film
1924 • as Self
★ 7.2
Hitler's Hollywood
Hitler's Hollywood
2017 • as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★ 6.5
movie
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
1918 • as James Fraenkel/John Smith
★ 10.0
Waxworks
Waxworks
1924 • as Harun al Raschid
★ 6.4
Variety
Variety
1925 • as Boss Huller
★ 6.7
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939 • as Dr. Robert Koch
★ 6.6
movie
Life is a Dream
1916 • as Verführer
★ 9.0
Der Mann der Tat
Der Mann der Tat
1918 • as Jan Miller
Othello
Othello
1922 • as Othello
★ 6.8
The Daughter of Mehemed
The Daughter of Mehemed
1919 • as Vaco Juan Riberda
★ 7.0
Peter the Great
Peter the Great
1922 • as Tsar Peter the Great
★ 7.0
The Dismissal
The Dismissal
1942 • as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
★ 6.1
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002 • as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
★ 7.0
100 Years of the UFA
100 Years of the UFA
2017 • as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★ 4.5
The Sovereign
The Sovereign
1937 • as Matthias Clausen
★ 5.7
Sins of the Fathers
Sins of the Fathers
1928 • as Wilhelm Spengler
★ 8.0
The Merry Jail
The Merry Jail
1917 • as Quabbe - der Gaoler
★ 6.4
The Old and The Young King
The Old and The Young King
1935 • as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
★ 6.0
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
The Countess of Paris
The Countess of Paris
1923 • as Ombrade
★ 7.0
The Great Light
The Great Light
1920 • as Lorenz Ferleitner
★ 7.0
movie
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928 • as Self
★ 7.0
movie
Dear Eva
1914
The Black Whale
The Black Whale
1934 • as Peter Petersen
★ 8.0
movie
Der Morphinist
1916
Lulu
Lulu
1917 • as Alfredo, a clown
★ 5.0
Love Is Blind
Love Is Blind
1926
★ 10.0
The Broken Jug
The Broken Jug
1937 • as Adam
★ 7.2
movie
Stein unter Steinen
1917 • as Göttlingk
movie
When Four Do the Same
1917 • as Segetoff
Uncle Krüger
Uncle Krüger
1941 • as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
★ 7.4
The Tempest
The Tempest
1932 • as Gustav Bumke
★ 9.0
movie
A Night of Horror
1917
★ 6.0
movie
Fuhrmann Henschel
1918
The Rats
The Rats
1921 • as Bruno Mechelke
★ 10.0
movie
Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
1917
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 • as Peter Xaver
★ 6.0
Keimendes Leben
Keimendes Leben
1918 • as James Fraenkel
movie
Mrs. Eva
1916 • as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
movie
Passionels Tagebuch
1916 • as Karl Borke
movie
Tragödie der Liebe. Teil 3
1923 • as Ombrade
movie
Tragödie der Liebe. Teil 4
1923 • as Ombrade