Acting
Emil Jannings
Born July 22, 1884 Rorschach, Switzerland
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.
Directed Films
Also Appeared In
4.5
100 Years of the UFA
2017·Documentary
6.5
Hitler's Hollywood
2017·Documentary
9.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011·Documentary
8.0
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
2003·Documentary
7.0
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002·Documentary
8.0
An Old Heart Becomes Young Again
1943·Comedy
6.1
The Dismissal
1942·Drama
7.4
Uncle Krüger
1941·History
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940·Documentary
6.6
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939·Drama
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Der letzte Appell
1939·Drama
7.2
The Broken Jug
1937·Comedy