Emil Jannings
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 100 Years of the UFA | Self - Actor (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2017 | Hitler's Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2003 | The Making of 'The Last Laugh' | Hotelportier (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2002 | Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau | Himself / Mephisto (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses | (Archive Footage) | FLOP | |
| 1945 | Where Is Mr. Belling? | Eberhard Belling | FLOP | |
| 1943 | Altes Herz wird wieder jung | Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef | FLOP | |
| 1942 | The Dismissal | Fürst Otto von Bismarck | FLOP | |
| 1941 | Uncle Krüger | Ohm (Paul)Krüger | HIT | |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1939 | Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes | Dr. Robert Koch | FLOP | |
| 1937 | The Broken Jug | Adam | HIT | |
| 1937 | The Sovereign | Matthias Clausen | FLOP | |
| 1936 | Traumulus | Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus | FLOP | |
| 1935 | The Old and The Young King | König Friedrich Wilhelm I. | FLOP | |
| 1932 | The Tempest | Gustav Bumke | FLOP | |
| 1930 | Darling of the Gods | Albert Winkelmann | FLOP | |
| 1930 | The Blue Angel | Immanuel Rath | HIT | |
| 1928 | Sins of the Fathers | Wilhelm Spengler | FLOP | |
| 1928 | The Movie City of Hollywood | Self | FLOP | |
| 1928 | The Patriot | Czar Paul I | FLOP | |
| 1928 | The Last Command | Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander | HIT | |
| 1927 | The Way of All Flesh | August Shilling | FLOP | |
| 1926 | Faust | Mephisto | HIT | |
| 1926 | Liebe macht blind | - | FLOP | |
| 1926 | Tartuffe | Tartüff | HIT | |
| 1925 | Variety | Boss Huller | HIT | |
| 1924 | The Last Laugh | Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman] | HIT | |
| 1924 | Husbands or Lovers | Ehemann | FLOP | |
| 1924 | Waxworks | Harun al Raschid | FLOP | |
| 1924 | Quo Vadis? | Nerone | FLOP | |
| 1924 | The Film in the Film | Self | HIT | |
| 1923 | All for Money | S. I. Rupp | FLOP | |
| 1922 | The Loves of Pharaoh | Pharao Amenes | HIT | |
| 1922 | Othello | Othello | HIT | |
| 1921 | Danton | Danton | FLOP | |
| 1920 | Anna Boleyn | Henry VIII, King of England | HIT | |
| 1920 | Algol: Tragedy of Power | Robert Herne | FLOP | |
| 1920 | The Great Light | Lorenz Ferleitner | FLOP | |
| 1920 | Kohlhiesel's Daughters | Peter Xaver | FLOP | |
| 1919 | Madame DuBarry | Ludwig XV. | FLOP | |
| 1919 | The Daughter of Mehemed | Vaco Juan Riberda | FLOP | |
| 1918 | The Eyes of the Mummy | Radu | FLOP | |
| 1918 | Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil | James Fraenkel/John Smith | FLOP | |
| 1917 | The Merry Jail | Quabbe - der Gaoler | FLOP | |
| 1917 | Lulu | Alfredo, a clown | FLOP | |
| 1917 | When Four Do the Same | Segetoff | FLOP | |
| 1917 | Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle | - | FLOP | |
| 1917 | Stein unter Steinen | Göttlingk | FLOP |