Emil Jannings

1884-1950

Biography: life and films

Emil Jannings was a German-American actor. He was born in Rorschach, Switzerland on 23rd July 1884 and died in Strobl, Austria on 2nd January 1950, aged 65.

His best films as an actor include Ernst Lubitsch's Anna Boleyn (1920), Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920), F.W. Murnau's Der Letzte Mann (1924), Faust (1926) and Josef von Sternberg's Der Blaue Engel (1930).

Emil Jannings appeared in 80 films and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ernst Lubitsch (8 films), Alfred Halm (5), Dimitri Buchowetzki (4), Hans Steinhoff (3), Georg Jacoby (3), F.W. Murnau (3), Robert Wiene (2), Richard Oswald (2), Paul Czinner (2), Josef von Sternberg (2), Hans Werckmeister (2), Erich Engel (2), Danny Kaden (2), Carl Froelich (2), Alexis Granowsky (2) and (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (61 films), comedy (8), comedy-drama (4), Fantasy (4), history (3), Biography (3), romance (2), comedy-romance (2), War (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Emil Jannings over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director

Arme Eva (1914) [a]

Im Schützengraben (1914) [a]

Passionels Tagebuch (1914) [a]

Aus Mangel an Beweisen (1916) [a]

Das Leben ein Traum (1916) [a]

Die Bettlerin von St. Marien (1916) [a]

Frau Eva (1916) [a]

Nächte des Grauens (1916) [a]

Stein unter Steinen (1916) [a]

Das Fidele Gefängnis (1917) [a]

Das Geschäft (1917) [a]

Der Zehnte Pavillon der Zitadelle (1917) [a]

Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach (1917) [a]

Die Seeschlacht (1917) [a]

Unheilbar (1917) [a]

Wenn vier dasselbe tun (1917) [a]

Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) [a]

Fuhrmann Henschel (1918) [a]

Keimendes Leben, Teil 1 (1918) [a]

Nach zwanzig Jahren (1918) [a]

Der Mann der Tat (1919) [a]

Die Tochter des Mehemed (1919) [a]

Keimendes Leben, Teil 2 (1919) [a]

Madame Du Barry (1919) [a]

Rose Bernd (1919) [a]

Vendetta (1919) [a]

Algol - Tragödie der Macht (1920) [a]

Anna Boleyn (1920) [a]

Colombine (1920) [a]

Das Große Licht (1920) [a]

Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter (1920) [a]

Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920) [a]

Danton (1921) [a]

Der Schwur des Peter Hergatz (1921) [a]

Der Stier von Olivera (1921) [a]

Die Brüder Karamasoff (1921) [a]

Die Ratten (1921) [a]

Das Weib des Pharao (1922) [a]

Othello (1922) [a]

Peter der Große (1922) [a]

Alles für Geld (1923) [a]

Du sollst nicht töten (1923) [a]

Tragödie der Liebe (1923) [a]

Der Letzte Mann (1924) [a]

Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau (1924) [a]

Waxworks (1924) [a]

Der Film im Film (1925) [a]

Liebe macht blind (1925) [a]

Quo Vadis? (1925) [a]

Varieté (1925) [a]

Faust (1926) [a]

Herr Tartüff (1926) [a]

The Way of All Flesh (1927) [a]

Sins of the Fathers (1928) [a]

Street of Sin (1928) [a]

The Last Command (1928) [a]

The Patriot (1928) [a]

Betrayal (1929) [a]

Der Blaue Engel (1930) [a]

Liebling der Götter (1930) [a]

Stürme der Leidenschaft (1932) [a]

Die Abenteuer des Königs Pausole (1933) [a]

The Merry Monarch (1933) [a]

Der Schwarze Walfisch (1934) [a]

Der alte und der junge König - Friedrichs des Grossen Jugend (1935) [a]

Traumulus (1936) [a]

Der Herrscher (1937) [a]

Der Zerbrochene Krug (1937) [a,d]

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939) [a]

Ohm Krüger (1941) [a]

Die Entlassung (1942) [a]

Altes Herz wird wieder jung (1943) [a]

Wo ist Herr Belling? (1945) [a]

Herrliche Zeiten (1950) [a]



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