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Emil Jannings
Born 1884-07-22Rorschach, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
100 Years of the UFASelf - Actor (archive footage)Hitler's HollywoodSelf - Actor (archive footage)Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHimself (archive footage)The Making of 'The Last Laugh'Hotelportier (archive footage)Los 5 Faust de F. W. MurnauHimself / Mephisto (archive footage)Where Is Mr. Belling?Eberhard BellingAn Old Heart Becomes Young AgainFriedrich Hoffmann, SeniorchefThe DismissalFürst Otto von BismarckUncle KrügerOhm (Paul)KrügerCavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf (archive footage)Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des TodesDr. Robert KochDer letzte AppellRoleThe Broken JugAdamThe SovereignMatthias ClausenTraumulusProf. Niemeyer, gen. TraumulusThe Old and The Young KingKönig Friedrich Wilhelm I.The Black WhalePeter PetersenThe Adventures of King PausoleKönig PausoleThe TempestGustav BumkeDarling of the GodsAlbert WinkelmannThe Blue AngelImmanuel RathBetrayalPoldi MoserSins of the FathersWilhelm SpenglerThe Movie City of HollywoodSelf