| Emil Jannings | |
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| Born | Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz July 23, 1884 Rorschach, Switzerland |
| Died | January 3, 1950 (aged 65) Strobl, Austria |
Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 – January 3, 1950) was a German actor and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Rorschach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency of Rorschach in the canton of St Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Strobl am Wolfgangsee (also called "Strobl bei Weissenbach" is a village in the northeastern portion of the Austrian state of Salzburg, right on the border Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize He won the 1928 Oscar for two films, The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. The Last Command ( 1928) is a Silent film, written by John F Goodrich and Herman J He also starred in F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh, a film notable in silent cinema for its lack of title cards, and in the 1922 film version of Shakespeare's Othello. Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F W Murnau ( December 28, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential The Last Laugh ( Der letzte Mann) is a German 1924 Silent film directed by German director F William Shakespeare ( baptised
Christened Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, of a German mother and an American father, Jannings was a theater actor who had a promising Hollywood career come to an end when talkies made his thick German accent difficult to understand. Rorschach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency of Rorschach in the canton of St Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. He returned to Europe, where he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in the classic 1930 film The Blue Angel, filmed in English simultaneously with its German version Der blaue Engel. Marlene Dietrich maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç (December 27 &ndashMay 6) was a German -born American Actress, Singer and Entertainer The Blue Angel ( Der blaue Engel) is a film directed by Josef von Sternberg in 1930, based on Heinrich Mann 's novel Professor English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Blue Angel ( Der blaue Engel) is a film directed by Josef von Sternberg in 1930, based on Heinrich Mann 's novel Professor He soon spotted that the unknown Dietrich was a star in the making, while his own career was past its peak, and he was especially spiteful to her throughout the filming, according to her.
Besides The Last Laugh, Jannings worked with Murnau on two other films, playing the title character in Herr Tartüff and Mephistopheles in Faust. Tartuffe ( Herr Tartüff) is a German Silent film produced by Erich Pommer for UFA and released in 1926 Mephistopheles (also Mephistophilus Mephistophilis Mephostopheles Mephisto and variants is a name often given to one representation of The devil or Satan Faust is a classic Silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F
During the Third Reich, he starred in several films which were intended to promote Nazism, particularly the Führerprinzip: Der Herrscher ("The Ruler" 1937), The Youth of Frederick the Great (1935), and The Dismissal of Bismarck (1942). Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The, German for "leader principle" prescribes a system with a hierarchy of leaders that resembles a military structure Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels named him "Artist of the State" in 1941. Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation ˈɡœbəls English generally ˈɡɝbəlz (29 October 1897 1 May 1945 was a German politician and Reich Minister of Public His involvement with the Nazis ended any chance he may have had for a comeback in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
When troops of the Allied Powers entered Germany in 1945, Jannings reportedly carried his 1928 Best Actor Oscar with him as proof of his former association with Hollywood. In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose However, Jannings's active role in Nazi propaganda meant he was subject to denazification, and any comeback attempt was doomed. Nazi propaganda is the term that describes the psychologically powerful Propaganda within Nazi Germany, much of which was centered around Jews consistently Denazification (Entnazifizierung was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society culture press economy judiciary and politics of any He then retired to his farm in Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Very proficient in money matters, Jannings was one of the highest paid actors of his time.
Jannings died in 1950 in Strobl, Austria, of cancer at the age of 65. Strobl am Wolfgangsee (also called "Strobl bei Weissenbach" is a village in the northeastern portion of the Austrian state of Salzburg, right on the border Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled His Best Actor Oscar is now on display at the Filmmuseum in Berlin, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Arme Eva | ||
| Im Schützengraben | |||
| Passionels Tagebuch | |||
| 1916 | Aus Mangel an Beweisen | Dr. The year 1914 in film involved some significant events Events The 3300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with Langer | |
| Die Bettlerin von St. Marien | Baron Gelsburg | ||
| Frau Eva | |||
| Im Angesicht des Toten'’ | Paul Werner | ||
| Das Leben ein Traum | |||
| Nächte des Grauens | |||
| Stein unter Steinen | |||
| 1917 | Das Fidele Gefängnis | Quabbe, the jailer | The Merry Jail (Europe: English title) |
| Wenn vier dasselbe tun | Segetoff | ||
| Hoheit Radieschen | |||
| Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach | Wilhelm Rohrbach | ||
| Der Zehnte Pavillon der Zitadelle | |||
| Das Geschäft | S. The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin H. Haßler | ||
| Lulu | |||
| Der Ring der Giuditta Foscari | |||
| Die Seeschlacht | |||
| Unheilbar | |||
| 1918 | Teil Keimendes Leben 1 | James Fraenkel, Börsenmarktler John Smith, amerikanischer Ingenieur | |
| Die Augen der Mumie Ma | Radu, an Arab | aka The Eyes of the Mummy | |
| Fuhrmann Henschel | |||
| Nach zwanzig Jahren | Horst Lundin 'Korn' | ||
| 1919 | Rose Bernd | Arthur Streckmann | |
| Madame DuBarry | Louis XV | aka Passion | |
| Vendetta | Tomasso | ||
| Die Tochter des Mehemed | Vaco Juan Riberda, Fabrikbesitzer | ||
| Teil Keimendes Leben 2 | |||
| Der Mann der Tat | Jan Miller | ||
| 1920 | Colombine | ||
| Anna Boleyn | Henry VIII | aka Deception | |
| Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter | Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt | ||
| Algol - Tragödie der Macht | Robert Herne | ||
| Das Große Licht | Lorenz Ferleitner | ||
| Kohlhiesels Töchter | Peter Xaver | aka Kohlhiesel's Daughters | |
| 1921 | Die Ratten | Bruno | |
| Der Schwur des Peter Hergatz | |||
| Danton | Danton | aka All for a Woman | |
| Der Stier von Olivera | General François Guillaume | ||
| Die Brüder Karamasoff | Dimitri Karamasoff | aka The Brothers Karamazov | |
| 1922 | Peter der Große | Peter der Große | aka Peter the Great (USA) |
| Othello | Othello | ||
| Das Weib des Pharao | Pharao Amenes | aka Loves of the Pharoah | |
| Die Gräfin von Paris | aka The Countess of Paris (USA} | ||
| 1923 | Alles für Geld | S. The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York I. Rupp | |
| Tragödie der Liebe | Ombrade | aka The Tragedy of Love (USA) | |
| 1924 | The Last Laugh | Hotelportier (hotel porter) | The Last Laugh (USA) |
| Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau | Ehemann | aka Husbands or Lovers (USA) | |
| Das Wachsfigurenkabinett | Harun al Raschid | aka Waxworks | |
| 1925 | Varieté | Boss Huller | aka Jealousy (USA) |
| Quo Vadis? | Nerone | ||
| Liebe macht blind | Emil Jannings | aka Love Makes Us Blind | |
| 1926 | Herr Tartüff | Tartüff | |
| Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage | Mephisto | ||
| 1927 | The Way of All Flesh | August Schilling | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1928 | Sins of the Fathers | Wilhelm Spengler | |
| The Patriot | Czar Paul I | ||
| Street of Sin | Basher Bill | ||
| The Last Command | Gen. Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B The Last Laugh ( Der letzte Mann) is a German 1924 Silent film directed by German director F Waxworks (original title Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) is an 1924 fantasy / horror Silent film directed by Paul Leni Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Variety (original title Varieté) is a 1925 silent Drama film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont based on the novel Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film Don Juan. Tartuffe ( Herr Tartüff) is a German Silent film produced by Erich Pommer for UFA and released in 1926 Faust is a classic Silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany The Way of All Flesh is a 1927 Film that was written by Lajos Biró, Jules Furthman, Julian Johnson and Ernest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. The Last Command ( 1928) is a Silent film, written by John F Goodrich and Herman J Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander | Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1929 | Betrayal | Poldi Moser | |
| Fighting the White Slave Traffic | |||
| 1930 | Liebling der Götter | Albert Winkelmann | aka Darling of the Gods |
| Der Blaue Engel | Prof. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The Blue Angel ( Der blaue Engel) is a film directed by Josef von Sternberg in 1930, based on Heinrich Mann 's novel Professor Immanuel Rath | aka The Blue Angel (USA) | |
| 1932 | Stürme der Leidenschaft | Gustav Bumke | aka Storms of Passion aka Tempest |
| 1933 | Die Abenteuer des Königs Pausole | King Pausole | aka The Adventures of King Pausole |
| The Merry Monarch | King Pausole | ||
| 1934 | Der Schwarze Walfisch | Peter Petersen | aka The Black Whale (International: English title) |
| 1935 | Der Alte und der junge König - Friedrichs des Grossen Jugend | Friedrich Wilhelm I. Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM König von Preussen | aka The Making of a King (USA) |
| 1936 | Traumulus | Direktor Prof. The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon Niemeyer | aka The Dreamer |
| 1937 | Der Zerbrochene Krug | Adam, Dorfrichter | aka The Broken Jug |
| Der Herrscher | Matthias Clausen | aka The Ruler | |
| 1939 | Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes | Dr. The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Robert Koch | |
| Der Trichter. (Nr. III) | scenes deleted | ||
| Ohm Krüger | Ohm Krüger | aka Uncle Kruger (International: English title) | |
| 1942 | Die Entlassung | Bismarck | aka Bismarck's Dismissal (UK) |
| 1943 | Altes Herz wird wieder jung | Fabrikdirektor Hoffmann | |
| 1945 | Wo ist Herr Belling? | Firmenchef Eberhard Belling | aka Where Is Mr. The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon Belling? |
References
External links
- Emil Jannings at the Internet Movie Database
- Emil Jannings at Find A Grave
- Photographs of Emil Jannings
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