Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (1884–1950) was a German actor. He was the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Faust
as MephistoGod and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and...
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The Last Laugh
as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to...
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The Blue Angel
as Immanuel RathPrim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer...
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Tartuffe
as TartüffA young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order...
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The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the...
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Variety
as Boss HullerThe murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell...
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Hitler's Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis...
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Anna Boleyn
as Henry VIII, King of EnglandThe story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the...
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Madame DuBarry
as Ludwig XV.The story of Madame du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of...
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Ohm Krüger
as Ohm (Paul)KrügerThe British Empire sees its interests in South Africa threatened by the Boers from Holland and...
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Quo Vadis?
as Nerone"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song,...
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The Loves of Pharaoh
as Pharao AmenesThe Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two...
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The Eyes of the Mummy
as RaduEgyptians Radu and Ma milk British tourists out of their money by offering phony tours of a...
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The Patriot
as Czar Paul IIn 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count...
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Waxworks
as Harun al RaschidA poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid,...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...
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Kohlhiesel's Daughters
as Peter XaverSomewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his...
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Traumulus
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. TraumulusThis film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school...
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Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
as Dr. Robert KochCountry Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his...
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The Last Command
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius AlexanderA former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a...
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The Making of a King
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later...
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Frau Eva
as ihr Mann, der FabrikantAn ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of...
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The Street of Sin
as Basher Bill"Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation...
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Betrayal
as Poldi MoserAndré Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her...
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The Way of All Flesh
as August ShillingThe story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August...
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The Dismissal
as Fürst Otto von BismarckGerman chancellor Otto von Bismarck promises the dying emperor Wilhelm I. to be loyal to his...
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Othello
as OthelloEven without the benefit of sound, the 1922 German adaptation of Othello seems more operatic...
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100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Actor (archive footage)The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the...
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The Merry Jail
as Quabbe - der GaolerA neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising...
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The Broken Jug
as AdamThe man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long...
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Darling of the Gods
as Albert WinkelmannAlso known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings...
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The Sovereign
as Matthias ClausenDer Herrscher (The Sovereign) was based on Before Sunset, a play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The great...
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Danton
as DantonAt the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of...
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The Rats
as uncreditedDie Ratten was produced by actress and singer Grete Ly. Her company, Grete Ly-Film, made five...
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Husbands or Lovers
as EhemannA wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly...
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Sins of the Fathers
as Wilhelm SpenglerA married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When...
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith...
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Lulu
as Alfredo, a clownThe circus dancer Lulu is a thoroughly liberal being. Although she loves her former savior, the...
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A Night of Horror
as uncreditedAn extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too...
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Algol: Tragedy of Power
as Robert HerneAn alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the...
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The Great Light
as Lorenz FerleitnerLorenz Ferleitner has worked his way up from a poor but gifted farm boy to a recognized master...
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The Film in the Film
as HimselfThe only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the...
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The Tempest
as Gustav BumkeTwo inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred...
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Alles für Geld
as S. I. RuppRupp (Jannings) is a former butcher, made rich in the meat packing industry as a result of the...
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The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
as Hotelportier (archive footage)This movie was featured on the DVD release of Der letzte Mann in 2004 in Germany.
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Der schwarze Walfisch
as Peter PetersenAdaptation of Marcel Pagnol's 1931 play Fanny.
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The Oscars
as uncreditedAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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