Profile
Emil Jannings
1884 – 1950·Rorschach, 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.
Filmography
Madame DuBarry
1919Ludwig XV.
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920Peter Xaver
Anna Boleyn
1920Henry VIII, King of England
Othello
1922Othello
Waxworks
1924Harun al Raschid
The Last Laugh
1924Hotel Doorman
Variety
1925Boss Huller
Tartuffe
1926Tartüff
Faust
1926Mephisto
The Last Command
1928Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
The Blue Angel
1930Immanuel Rath