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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

74 acting

4 crew

Popularity

1.1

Known For

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