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Emil Jannings
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 65
GenderMaleNationalityGerman ReichBorn22/07/1884Born inRorschach, SwitzerlandDied02/01/1950 (aged 65)Died inStroblCauseliver cancerWikidataQ77181 ↗Buried atSankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut - cemeteryTMDb#2895 ↗

Emil Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. Jannings remains the only German ever to win in that category.

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Filmography61 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2017Hitler's HollywoodMovieSelf - Actor (archive footage)133
2017100 Years of the UFAMovieSelf - Actor (archive footage)133
2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsMovieHimself (archive footage)127
2002Los 5 Faust de F. W. MurnauMovieHimself / Mephisto (archive footage)118
1953The OscarsSeries—69
1945Where Is Mr. Belling?MovieEberhard Belling61
1943An Old Heart Becomes Young AgainMovieFriedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef59
1942The DismissalMovieFürst Otto von Bismarck58
1941Uncle KrügerMovieOhm (Paul)Krüger57
1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovieSelf (archive footage)56
1939Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des TodesMovieDr. Robert Koch55
1939Der letzte AppellMovie—55
1937The SovereignMovieMatthias Clausen53
1937The Broken JugMovieAdam53
1936TraumulusMovieProf. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus52
1935The Old and The Young KingMovieKönig Friedrich Wilhelm I.51
1934The Black WhaleMoviePeter Petersen50
1932The TempestMovieGustav Bumke48
1930Darling of the GodsMovieAlbert Winkelmann46
1930The Blue AngelMovieImmanuel Rath46
1929BetrayalMoviePoldi Moser45
1928The Last CommandMovieGen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander44
1928The PatriotMovieCzar Paul I44
1928The Street of SinMovieBasher Bill44
1928Sins of the FathersMovieWilhelm Spengler44
1928The Movie City of HollywoodMovieSelf44
1926FaustMovieMephisto42
1926TartuffeMovieTartüff42
1926Love Is BlindMovie—42
1925VarietyMovieBoss Huller41
1924Husbands or LoversMovieEhemann40
1924The Last LaughMovieHotel Doorman40
1924The Film in the FilmMovieSelf40
1924WaxworksMovieHarun al Raschid40
1923The Tragedy of LoveMovieOmbrade39
1923All for MoneyMovieS. I. Rupp39
1923The Countess of ParisMovieOmbrade39
1923Tragödie der Liebe. Teil 3MovieOmbrade39
1923Tragödie der Liebe. Teil 4MovieOmbrade39
1922OthelloMovieOthello38
1922The Loves of PharaohMoviePharao Amenes38
1922Peter the GreatMovieTsar Peter the Great38
1921DantonMovieDanton37
1921The RatsMovieBruno Mechelke37
1920Anna BoleynMovieHenry VIII, King of England36
1920Der Schädel der PharaonentochterMovieOsorcon, Pharao of Egypt36
1920Kohlhiesel's DaughtersMoviePeter Xaver36
1920The Great LightMovieLorenz Ferleitner36
1920Colombine - Die Braut des ApachenMovie—36
1920Die Brüder KaramasoffMovie—36
1919Madame DuBarryMovieLudwig XV.35
1919VendettaMovieTomasso35
1919The Daughter of MehemedMovieVaco Juan Riberda35
1919Rose BerndMovieArthur Streckmann35
1918The Eyes of the MummyMovieRadu34
1917Stein unter SteinenMovieGöttlingk33
1917A Night of HorrorMovie—33
1917The Merry JailMovieQuabbe - der Gaoler33
1917LuluMovieAlfredo, a clown33
1917Die Ehe der Luise RohrbachMovie—33
1916Passionels TagebuchMovieKarl Borke32