Acting
Emil Jannings
1884 · Rorschach, Switzerland
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
The Last Laugh
Hotel Doorman
Faust
Mephisto
The Blue Angel
Immanuel Rath
Betrayal
Poldi Moser
Traumulus
Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
The Street of Sin
Basher Bill
The Tragedy of Love
Ombrade
The Patriot
Czar Paul I
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Madame DuBarry
Ludwig XV.
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
The Loves of Pharaoh
Pharao Amenes