Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

🎂 22nd July 1884 (141 yrs) 📍 Rorschach, Switzerland

Known For

Faust

Biography

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.

Emil Jannings

Movies Featuring Emil Jannings

100 Years of the UFA

100 Years of the UFA (2017)

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood (2017)

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)

as Himself (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

The Making of 'The Last Laugh' (2003)

as Hotelportier (archive footage)
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau (2002)

as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
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Where Is Mr. Belling? (1945)

as Eberhard Belling
Altes Herz wird wieder jung

Altes Herz wird wieder jung (1943)

as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
The Dismissal

The Dismissal (1942)

as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
Uncle Krüger

Uncle Krüger (1941)

as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

as Self (archive footage)
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939)

as Dr. Robert Koch
Der letzte Appell

Der letzte Appell (1939)

The Broken Jug

The Broken Jug (1937)

as Adam
The Sovereign

The Sovereign (1937)

as Matthias Clausen
Traumulus

Traumulus (1936)

as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
The Old and The Young King

The Old and The Young King (1935)

as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
The Black Whale

The Black Whale (1934)

as Peter Petersen
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König Pausole (1933)

as König Pausole
The Tempest

The Tempest (1932)

as Gustav Bumke
Darling of the Gods

Darling of the Gods (1930)

as Albert Winkelmann
The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel (1930)

as Immanuel Rath
Betrayal

Betrayal (1929)

as Poldi Moser
Sins of the Fathers

Sins of the Fathers (1928)

as Wilhelm Spengler
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The Movie City of Hollywood (1928)

as Self
The Patriot

The Patriot (1928)

as Czar Paul I
The Street of Sin

The Street of Sin (1928)

as Basher Bill
The Last Command

The Last Command (1928)

as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh (1927)

as August Shilling
Faust

Faust (1926)

as Mephisto
Love is Blind

Love is Blind (1926)

Tartuffe

Tartuffe (1926)

as Tartüff
Variety

Variety (1925)

as Boss Huller
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh (1924)

as Hotel Doorman
Husbands or Lovers

Husbands or Lovers (1924)

as Ehemann
Waxworks

Waxworks (1924)

as Harun al Raschid
Quo Vadis?

Quo Vadis? (1924)

as Nerone
The Film in the Film

The Film in the Film (1924)

as Self
All for Money

All for Money (1923)

as S. I. Rupp
The Countess of Paris

The Countess of Paris (1923)

as Ombrade
The Tragedy of Love

The Tragedy of Love (1923)

as Ombrade
Peter the Great

Peter the Great (1922)

as Tsar Peter the Great
The Loves of Pharaoh

The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)

as Pharao Amenes
Othello

Othello (1922)

as Othello
The Rats

The Rats (1921)

as Bruno Mechelke
Die Brüder Karamasoff

Die Brüder Karamasoff (1921)

Danton

Danton (1921)

as Danton
Anna Boleyn

Anna Boleyn (1920)

as Henry VIII, King of England
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter

Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter (1920)

as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
Algol: Tragedy of Power

Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)

as Robert Herne
The Great Light

The Great Light (1920)

as Lorenz Ferleitner
Kohlhiesel's Daughters

Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)

as Peter Xaver
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen

Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen (1920)

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Rose Bernd (1919)

as Arthur Streckmann
Madame DuBarry

Madame DuBarry (1919)

as Ludwig XV.
Vendetta

Vendetta (1919)

as Tomasso
The Daughter of Mehemed

The Daughter of Mehemed (1919)

as Vaco Juan Riberda
The Eyes of the Mummy

The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)

as Radu
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Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil (1918)

as James Fraenkel/John Smith
Keimendes Leben

Keimendes Leben (1918)

as James Fraenkel
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Fuhrmann Henschel (1918)

The Merry Jail

The Merry Jail (1917)

as Quabbe - der Gaoler
Lulu

Lulu (1917)

as Alfredo, a clown
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When Four Do the Same (1917)

as Segetoff
A Night of Horror

A Night of Horror (1917)

Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach

Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach (1917)

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Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle (1917)

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Hoheit Radieschen (1917)

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Stein unter Steinen (1917)

as Göttlingk
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Passionels Tagebuch (1916)

as Karl Borke
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Der Morphinist (1916)

Frau Eva

Frau Eva (1916)

as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
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Life is a Dream (1916)

as Verführer
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Dear Eva (1914)