Emil Jannings
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as Mephisto Faust 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.
Filmography
Faust
as Mephisto
The Blue Angel
as Immanuel Rath
The Last Laugh
as Hotel Doorman
The Last Command
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
Tartuffe
as Tartüff
Waxworks
as Harun al Raschid
Variety
as Boss Huller
Hitler's Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Madame DuBarry
as Ludwig XV.
Anna Boleyn
as Henry VIII, King of England
The Eyes of the Mummy
as Radu
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
as Peter Xaver
The Merry Jail
as Quabbe - der Gaoler
The Loves of Pharaoh
as Pharao Amenes
The Broken Jug
as Adam
Othello
as Othello
Husbands or Lovers
as Ehemann
Algol: Tragedy of Power
as Robert Herne
The Way of All Flesh
as August Shilling
Uncle Krüger
as Ohm (Paul)Krüger