Acting
Emil Jannings
- Career
Active from 1916 to 2003, with a break from 1946 to 2002, busiest in 1920 and 1923 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 55top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
The Last Laugh90/100
Awards
Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1929 · Won · 1st Academy Awards
The Last Command
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1929 · Won · 1st Academy Awards
The Way of All Flesh
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1929 · Won · 1st Academy Awards
The Last Command, The Way of All Flesh
Source: Wikidata
Characters
1The characters Emil Jannings played, best-known titles first.
Character images: TheTVDB
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.4, average 5.4
- Coming of Age0.9, average 3.0
- Wholesome1.7, average 3.4
- Adrenaline3.2, average 4.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- German Expressionism 5
- Silent Film 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Visual Spectacle 2
- Theatrical Adaptation 2
- Silent Film Masterpiece 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Tragic Romance 2
- Biopic 2
- Tragedy 2
- Emotional Intensity 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ernst LubitschActorThe Patriot, The Merry Jail, The Eyes of the Mummy, The Last Command, Madame DuBarry, +4 more- HHanns KrälyWriterThe Patriot, Betrayal, All for Money, The Eyes of the Mummy, Madame DuBarry, +3 more
Werner KraussActorDanton, Othello, Rose Bernd, Waxworks, Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes, +2 more
Harry LiedtkeActorVendetta, Lulu, The Merry Jail, The Eyes of the Mummy, Madame DuBarry, +2 more
Theodor SparkuhlCinematographerThe Merry Jail, Madame DuBarry, The Loves of Pharaoh, Anna Boleyn, Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil, +1 more
Dagny ServaesActorAll for Money, Where Is Mr. Belling?, Peter the Great, The Loves of Pharaoh, Stein unter Steinen
Max GülstorffActorDarling of the Gods, The Broken Jug, The Sovereign, The Black Whale, Stein unter Steinen
Paul BildtActorRose Bernd, Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes, The Sovereign, The Dismissal, Stein unter Steinen
Eduard von WintersteinActorDanton, The Blue Angel, Darling of the Gods, Madame DuBarry, Uncle Krüger
Karl FreundCinematographerThe Last Laugh, Variety, Tartuffe, Mrs. Eva, The Rats
Hanna RalphActorFaust, Algol: Tragedy of Power, Der Mann der Tat, Keimendes Leben
Elisabeth FlickenschildtActorAn Old Heart Becomes Young Again, Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes, Uncle Krüger, The Broken Jug
Movies and TV shows
582000s
1 title
as Hotelportier (archive footage)
1940s
4 titles · average score 69
as Eberhard Belling
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
GoodWatch score 69as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
1930s
10 titles · average score 78
as Dr. Robert Koch
GoodWatch score 71as Adam
as Matthias Clausen
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
as Peter Petersen
as König Pausole
as Gustav Bumke
GoodWatch score 85as Immanuel Rath
as Albert Winkelmann
1920s
28 titles · average score 73
as Poldi Moser
GoodWatch score 76as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
as Czar Paul I
GoodWatch score 87as Mephisto
GoodWatch score 86as Boss Huller
GoodWatch score 90as Hotel Doorman
as Nerone
GoodWatch score 64as Harun al Raschid
as Ombrade
GoodWatch score 65as Othello
as Danton
GoodWatch score 65as Robert Herne
1910s
15 titles · average score 56
GoodWatch score 65as Ludwig XV.
as Tomasso
as Arthur Streckmann
as Vaco Juan Riberda
GoodWatch score 41as Radu
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
GoodWatch score 62as Quabbe - der Gaoler
as Alfredo, a clown
as Segetoff
as Göttlingk
as Verführer
as Karl Borke