Emil Jannings
Born in Rorschach, Switzerland — Jul 22 1884• Died Jan 02 1950
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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.
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The Oscars
The Blue Angel
Immanuel Rath
Faust
Mephisto
The Last Laugh
Hotel Doorman
The Last Command
Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Tartuffe
Tartüff
Waxworks
Harun al Raschid
The Patriot
Czar Paul I
Othello
Othello
Lulu
Alfredo, a clown
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
The Film in the Film
Self
Betrayal
Poldi Moser
Variety
Boss Huller
Anna Boleyn
Henry VIII, King of England
Danton
Danton
The Street of Sin
Basher Bill
The Sovereign
Matthias Clausen
Vendetta
Tomasso
The Way of All Flesh
August Shilling
Madame DuBarry
Ludwig XV.
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hitler's Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Husbands or Lovers
Ehemann
The Broken Jug
Adam
All for Money
S. I. Rupp
The Old and The Young King
König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
The Eyes of the Mummy
Radu
Sins of the Fathers
Wilhelm Spengler
The Merry Jail
Quabbe - der Gaoler
The Tragedy of Love
Ombrade
Algol: Tragedy of Power
Robert Herne
Uncle Krüger
Ohm (Paul)Krüger
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Dr. Robert Koch
Quo Vadis?
Nerone
Stein unter Steinen
Göttlingk
Dear Eva
The Loves of Pharaoh
Pharao Amenes
Love is Blind
Darling of the Gods
Albert Winkelmann
König Pausole
König Pausole
The Daughter of Mehemed
Vaco Juan Riberda
The Countess of Paris
Ombrade
Frau Eva
ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Peter Xaver
A Night of Horror
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
James Fraenkel/John Smith
Der schwarze Walfisch
Peter Petersen
Traumulus
Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
The Rats
Bruno Mechelke
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
Altes Herz wird wieder jung
Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
Where Is Mr. Belling?
Eberhard Belling
The Dismissal
Fürst Otto von Bismarck
The Tempest
Gustav Bumke
The Movie City of Hollywood
Self
Peter the Great
Tsar Peter the Great
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
When Four Do the Same
Segetoff
Rose Bernd
Arthur Streckmann
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
Hotelportier (archive footage)
Die Brüder Karamasoff
Life is a Dream
Verführer
Keimendes Leben
James Fraenkel
Passionels Tagebuch
Karl Borke
Fuhrmann Henschel
Der Morphinist
Der letzte Appell
The Great Light
Lorenz Ferleitner
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
Hoheit Radieschen