Acting

Emil Jannings

Born 1884-07-22 · Rorschach, Switzerland

Died 1950-01-02

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.

Credits

Newest first

100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Hitler's Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2011
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
as Hotelportier (archive footage)
2003
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
2002
The Oscars
1953
Where Is Mr. Belling?
as Eberhard Belling
1945
An Old Heart Becomes Young Again
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
1943
The Dismissal
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
1942
The Dismissal
Producer
1942
Uncle Krüger
as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
1941
Uncle Krüger
Producer
1941
Uncle Krüger
Art Direction
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
as Dr. Robert Koch
1939
Der letzte Appell
1939
The Broken Jug
as Adam
1937
The Broken Jug
Director
1937
The Sovereign
as Matthias Clausen
1937
Traumulus
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
1936
The Old and The Young King
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
1935
The Black Whale
as Peter Petersen
1934
The Adventures of King Pausole
as König Pausole
1933
The Tempest
as Gustav Bumke
1932
Darling of the Gods
as Albert Winkelmann
1930
The Blue Angel
as Immanuel Rath
1930
Betrayal
as Poldi Moser
1929
Sins of the Fathers
as Wilhelm Spengler
1928
The Movie City of Hollywood
as Self
1928
The Patriot
as Czar Paul I
1928
The Street of Sin
as Basher Bill
1928
The Last Command
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
1928
The Way of All Flesh
as August Shilling
1927
Faust
as Mephisto
1926
Love Is Blind
1926
Tartuffe
as Tartüff
1926
Variety
as Boss Huller
1925
The Last Laugh
as Hotel Doorman
1924
Husbands or Lovers
as Ehemann
1924
Waxworks
as Harun al Raschid
1924
Quo Vadis?
as Nerone
1924
The Film in the Film
as Self
1924
All for Money
as S. I. Rupp
1923
The Countess of Paris
as Ombrade
1923
The Tragedy of Love
as Ombrade
1923
Peter the Great
as Tsar Peter the Great
1922
The Loves of Pharaoh
as Pharao Amenes
1922
Othello
as Othello
1922
The Rats
as Bruno Mechelke
1921
Danton
as Danton
1921
Anna Boleyn
as Henry VIII, King of England
1920
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
1920
The Brothers Karamazov
1920
Algol: Tragedy of Power
as Robert Herne
1920
The Great Light
as Lorenz Ferleitner
1920
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
as Peter Xaver
1920
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
1920
Rose Bernd
as Arthur Streckmann
1919
Madame DuBarry
as Ludwig XV.
1919
Vendetta
as Tomasso
1919
The Daughter of Mehemed
as Vaco Juan Riberda
1919
Der Mann der Tat
as Jan Miller
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy
as Radu
1918
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
1918
Keimendes Leben
as James Fraenkel
1918
Fuhrmann Henschel
1918
The Merry Jail
as Quabbe - der Gaoler
1917
Lulu
as Alfredo, a clown
1917
When Four Do the Same
as Segetoff
1917
A Night of Horror
1917
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
1917
Hoheit Radieschen
1917
Stein unter Steinen
as Göttlingk
1917
Passionels Tagebuch
as Karl Borke
1916
Der Morphinist
1916
Mrs. Eva
as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
1916
Life is a Dream
as Verführer
1916
Dear Eva
1914