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Emil Jannings
Actor · Producer · Crew· 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 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 roles that explain the career.
Filmography
33 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Making of 'The Last Laugh' | Hotelportier (archive footage) | Film |
| 1943 | An Old Heart Becomes Young Again | Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef | Film |
| 1942 | The Dismissal | Fürst Otto von Bismarck | Film |
| 1942 | The Dismissal | Producer | Film |
| 1939 | Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes | Dr. Robert Koch | Film |
| 1935 | The Old and The Young King | König Friedrich Wilhelm I. | Film |
| 1933 | The Adventures of King Pausole | König Pausole | Film |
| 1930 | The Blue Angel | Immanuel Rath | Film |
| 1930 | Darling of the Gods | Albert Winkelmann | Film |
| 1928 | The Last Command | Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander | Film |
| 1928 | The Street of Sin | Basher Bill | Film |
| 1928 | The Patriot | Czar Paul I | Film |
| 1927 | The Way of All Flesh | August Shilling | Film |
| 1926 | Tartuffe | Tartüff | Film |
| 1926 | Love Is Blind | Film | |
| 1926 | Faust | Mephisto | Film |
| 1925 | Variety | Boss Huller | Film |
| 1924 | Husbands or Lovers | Ehemann | Film |
| 1924 | Waxworks | Harun al Raschid | Film |
| 1924 | The Last Laugh | Hotel Doorman | Film |
| 1924 | Quo Vadis? | Nerone | Film |
| 1922 | Othello | Othello | Film |
| 1922 | The Loves of Pharaoh | Pharao Amenes | Film |
| 1921 | Die Brüder Karamasoff | Film | |
| 1921 | Danton | Danton | Film |
| 1920 | Kohlhiesel's Daughters | Peter Xaver | Film |
| 1920 | Anna Boleyn | Henry VIII, King of England | Film |
| 1920 | Algol: Tragedy of Power | Robert Herne | Film |
| 1919 | Madame DuBarry | Ludwig XV. | Film |
| 1918 | The Eyes of the Mummy | Radu | Film |
| 1917 | The Merry Jail | Quabbe - der Gaoler | Film |
| 1917 | A Night of Horror | Film | |
| 1916 | Frau Eva | ihr Mann, der Fabrikant | Film |
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