Emil Jannings
| Emil Jannings | |
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 Emil Jannings and spouse (may 1929) |
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| Born | Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz 23 July 1884(1884-07-23) Rorschach, Switzerland |
| Died | 2 January 1950 (aged 65) Strobl, Austria |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1914–1945 |
Emil Jannings (23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar.
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Early life
He was christened as Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, the son of a German mother and an American father.[citation needed]
Career
Jannings was a theater actor who went into films. He starred in F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann, 1924), as a proud but aged hotel doorman who is demoted to a restroom attendant, and in the 1922 film version of Othello. Jannings worked with Murnau on two other films, playing the title character in Herr Tartüff (1925) and Mephistopheles in Faust (1926). He eventually started a career in Hollywood. In 1929 he won the Oscar for two films, The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command.
His Hollywood career came to an end with the advent of talkies; his thick German accent was difficult to understand, and his dialogue was dubbed by another actor in the part-talkie The Patriot (1928), although after Jannings objected, his voice was restored. He returned to Europe, where he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in the 1930 film The Blue Angel, filmed in English simultaneously with its German version Der blaue Engel.
Later life
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). Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels named him "Artist of the State" in 1941.[citation needed]
When troops of the Allied Powers entered Germany in 1945, Jannings reportedly carried his Oscar statuette with him as proof of his former association with Hollywood. However, Jannings' active role in Nazi propaganda meant he was subject to denazification, and any comeback attempt was doomed. He then retired to his farm in Austria. Very proficient in financial matters, Jannings was one of the highest paid actors of his time.[citation needed]
Death
Jannings died in 1950, aged 65, in Strobl, from liver cancer.[1] His Best Actor Oscar is now on display at the Filmmuseum in Berlin, Germany.
Cultural references
Jannings was referenced in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. He was presented to the heroine Shosanna by her admirer, German soldier Frederick Zoller, in the lobby of her cinema in the evening of the premiere, as "the greatest actor in the world."
Jannings was referenced in the "Hogan's Heroes" episode, "To The Gestapo With Love". Colonel Klink describes a fellow German officer as having a funny-looking "Hitler" mustache and also resembling Emil Jannings.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1914 | Arme Eva | ||
| Im Schützengraben | |||
| Passionels Tagebuch | |||
| 1916 | Aus Mangel an Beweisen | Dr. 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. H. Haßler | ||
| Lulu | |||
| Der Ring der Giuditta Foscari | |||
| Die Seeschlacht | |||
| Unheilbar | |||
| 1918 | Keimendes Leben, Teil 1 | James Fraenkel, Börsenmarktler John Smith, amerikanischer Ingenieur |
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| 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 | ||
| Keimendes Leben, Teil 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 Pharaoh | |
| Die Gräfin von Paris | aka The Countess of Paris (USA) | ||
| 1923 | Alles für Geld | S. 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. 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. 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. König von Preussen | aka The Making of a King (USA) |
| 1936 | Traumulus | Direktor Prof. 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. Robert Koch | |
| Der Trichter. (Nr. III) | scenes deleted | ||
| 1941 | 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. Belling? |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Emil Jannings |
- Emil Jannings at the Internet Movie Database
- Emil Jannings at Find a Grave
- Photographs of Emil Jannings
References
- ^ Chroniknet.de, 2 January 1950 "Emil Jannings"
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| NAME | Jannings, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Janenz, Theodor Friedrich Emil |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1884-07-23 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rorschach, Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1950-01-02 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Strobl, Austria |
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