Emil Jannings
July 22, 1884
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 cont…
Known For
8 titles
The Blue Angel
An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
Faust
The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
The Last Laugh
An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.
The Last Command
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Tartuffe
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.
Hitler's Hollywood
Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
The Loves of Pharaoh
The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
Algol: Tragedy of Power
An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers.