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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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- The Oscars (1953) Cast
- The Blue Angel (1930) as Immanuel Rath
- Faust (1926) as Mephisto
- The Last Laugh (1924) as Hotel Doorman
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self (archive footage)
- The Last Command (1928) as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
- Hitler's Hollywood (2017) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) as Peter Xaver
- The Way of All Flesh (1927) as August Shilling
- The Patriot (1928) as Czar Paul I
- Madame DuBarry (1919) as Ludwig XV.
- Anna Boleyn (1920) as Henry VIII, King of England
- Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920) as Robert Herne
- Sins of the Fathers (1928) as Wilhelm Spengler
- The Broken Jug (1937) as Adam
- Variety (1925) as Boss Huller
- Waxworks (1924) as Harun al Raschid
- The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) as Pharao Amenes
- Tartuffe (1926) as Tartüff
- Uncle Krüger (1941) as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
- Traumulus (1936) as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
- The Old and The Young King (1935) as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
- The Dismissal (1942) as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
- Betrayal (1929) as Poldi Moser
- Danton (1921) as Danton
- The Sovereign (1937) as Matthias Clausen
- Love is Blind (1926) Cast
- The Film in the Film (1924) as Self
- The Movie City of Hollywood (1928) as Self
- 100 Years of the UFA (2017) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- All for Money (1923) as S. I. Rupp
- Vendetta (1919) as Tomasso
- The Countess of Paris (1923) as Ombrade
- Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau (2002) as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
- Othello (1922) as Othello
- Dear Eva (1914) Cast
- Where Is Mr. Belling? (1945) as Eberhard Belling
- Darling of the Gods (1930) as Albert Winkelmann
- Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939) as Dr. Robert Koch
- The Street of Sin (1928) as Basher Bill
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011) as Himself (archive footage)
- Lulu (1917) as Alfredo, a clown
- Altes Herz wird wieder jung (1943) as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
- Passionels Tagebuch (1916) as Karl Borke
- The Making of 'The Last Laugh' (2003) as Hotelportier (archive footage)
- Frau Eva (1916) as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
- Peter the Great (1922) as Tsar Peter the Great
- Quo Vadis? (1924) as Nerone
- Stein unter Steinen (1917) as Göttlingk
- Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter (1920) as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
- The Tempest (1932) as Gustav Bumke
- Life is a Dream (1916) as Verführer
- The Tragedy of Love (1923) as Ombrade
- The Rats (1921) as Bruno Mechelke
- Husbands or Lovers (1924) as Ehemann
- The Merry Jail (1917) as Quabbe - der Gaoler
- Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach (1917) Cast
- Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil (1918) as James Fraenkel/John Smith
- When Four Do the Same (1917) as Segetoff
- The Daughter of Mehemed (1919) as Vaco Juan Riberda
- Keimendes Leben (1918) as James Fraenkel
- A Night of Horror (1917) Cast
- Fuhrmann Henschel (1918) Cast
- The Black Whale (1934) as Peter Petersen
- The Eyes of the Mummy (1918) as Radu
- König Pausole (1933) as König Pausole
- The Great Light (1920) as Lorenz Ferleitner
- Rose Bernd (1919) as Arthur Streckmann
- Der Morphinist (1916) Cast
- Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen (1920) Cast
- Die Brüder Karamasoff (1921) Cast
- Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle (1917) Cast
- Der letzte Appell (1939) Cast
- Hoheit Radieschen (1917) Cast
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Most-watched Emil Jannings films currently: The Blue Angel (1930), Faust (1926), The Last Laugh (1924), Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940), The Last Command (1928).
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Selected TV credits: The Oscars (1953).
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