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Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

Acting • 1884-07-22 • Rorschach, Switzerland

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 Last Laugh7.8

The Last Laugh

1924

The Blue Angel7.3

The Blue Angel

1930

Faust7.9

Faust

1926

The Last Command7.4

The Last Command

1928

Tartuffe7.2

Tartuffe

1926

Waxworks6.4

Waxworks

1924

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