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Emil Jannings

Acting
Born: July 22, 1884 in 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 ca...

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Film

73 Titles
The Last Laugh
7.8
FILM
The Last Laugh1924
The Blue Angel
7.3
FILM
The Blue Angel1930
Faust
7.9
FILM
Faust1926
Variety
6.7
FILM
Variety1925
The Last Command
7.3
FILM
The Last Command1928
Waxworks
6.4
FILM
Waxworks1924
The Way of All Flesh
6.5
FILM
The Way of All Flesh1927
Hitler's Hollywood
6.5
FILM
Hitler's Hollywood2017
The Film in the Film
7.3
FILM
The Film in the Film1924
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
6.6
FILM
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes1939
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5
FILM
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940
The Broken Jug
7.2
FILM
The Broken Jug1937
Anna Boleyn
6.9
FILM
Anna Boleyn1920
The Movie City of Hollywood
7.0
FILM
The Movie City of Hollywood1928
Danton
6.5
FILM
Danton1921
Tartuffe
7.2
FILM
Tartuffe1926

Series

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The Oscars
7.0
SERIES
The Oscars1953–
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