Emil Jannings is a popular German silent film actor. He has worked with directors such as Ernst Lubitsch and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. His film partners included Hannah Ralph, Pola Negri and other famous actresses of the early 20th century.
Emil Jannings's real name is Theodor Friedrich Emil Janents. He was born on 23 July 1884 in the Swiss city of Rorschach. He died on January 2, 1950. Emil Jannings is a German actor popular in 1920s Hollywood. Emil became the first German Oscar winner. He won Best Actor in 1929.
Jannings is best known for his collaborations with Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and Josef von Sternberg. He also starred in Blue Angel opposite Marlene Dietrich. Emil starred in a number of Nazi propaganda films and remained unemployed after the fall of the Third Reich.
Biography
Theodor Friedrich Emil Janents was born into the family of a German-American merchant. He lived in Leipzig and Görlitz. In his youth, he dropped out of high school to become a cabin boy on a ship. Since 1900, Emil worked at the Görlitz Theater.
In 1914 Jannings came to the capital and joined the troupe of the Max Reinhardt Theater. In 1916, he independently directed a play by the German Theater. In 1917 he received his first major role. Since 1918, Emil has played at the Royal Theater. However, this did not last long, and by the beginning of 1919 he returned to Reinhardt and stayed until 1920.
Career
He acted in films since 1916. Mostly he can be seen in melodramatic films, films about passion, love, money and crime. In 1919, Emile Jannings played Louis XV in Ernst Lubitsch's film Madame Dubarry. The film was an international success, which brought the actor fame. Emil gave up theatrical roles and focused on cinema.
In 1922, Emil Jannings played the main role in the historical drama Peter the Great by Dmitry Bukhovetsky. In 1924, Emil could be seen as a receptionist in Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's The Last Man. He was also an artist who turned into a murderer out of jealousy in the film Variety by Ewald André Dupont. In 1925 he returned to collaborate with Murnau. Jannings will star in Tartuffe and Mephistopheles in Faust.
In the fall of 1926, Emile Jannings embarks on a Star Trek in Hollywood. Among his American works there are many characters who have lost their wealth and position, and live without money, shelter and social status. When it turns from a silent movie into a sound one, Emil loses his position in Hollywood due to the German accent. In the spring of 1929, Jannings returned to his home country.
In 1930, Emil starred as a teacher in Joseph von Sternberg's Blue Angel. The script for the film was written on the basis of the novel by Heinrich Mann "The Teacher of Vile, or the End of a Tyrant." Thanks to the picture, the career of Marlene Dietrich began to develop, playing with Jannings. Since 1930, Emil returned to the theater. His favorite productions are plays by Gerhart Hauptmann. In 1934 he became part of the troupe of the State Theater. His last role was Bismarck in 1936.
The National Socialist period came and Emil became a superstar. In 1936 he was appointed to the supervisory board of the Tobis firm, and in 1938 Jannings became its chairman. He was responsible for the production of the 1948 film Tranvaal on Fire. IN
In 1946 Jannings was denationalized. He went to Austria and died there. In Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Emil Jannings was recreated by Hilmar Eichhorn.
Filmography
In 1914, Emil played in the film Passionel's Diary. This is a German silent war film with a propaganda focus, directed by Louis Ralph, who played the main role. In 1916, the film "Frau Eva" was released with the participation of Emil. This silent drama film was directed by Robert Vien. The main roles were played by Erna Morena and Theodor Loos. In 1917, the film "Life is a Dream", directed by Robert Vien, appeared. Emil starred Bruno Decarli and Maria Fein. In the story, a young aristocrat marries a monster.
In 1916, Jannings starred in the horror film Horror Night. The directors - Richard Oswald and Arthur Robinson - invited Werner Krauss to play the lead role. Vampires are depicted here for the first time. In the same year, the tragicomedy When Four Do the Same, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, was released. Ossie Oswald and Margaret Kupffer starred opposite Jannings. Lubitsch himself plays a bookstore employee who falls in love with the character's daughter, Emil.
In 1917, viewers saw the painting The Marriage of Louise Rohrbach. This drama was directed by Rudolf Bibrach. In addition to Emil, Henny Porten and Ludwig Trautmann starred in it. The screenplay is based on the novel by Emmy Elert. In the story, a young teacher marries a cruel factory owner.
The Eyes of the Mummy is a 1918 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The stars of the film are Paula Negri, Emil Jannings and Harry Liedtke. Emil's next work is Rose Bernd, a 1919 German silent drama directed by Alfred Halm. Henny Porten also starred in the film. The plot is based on the play by Gerhart Hauptmann.
In 1919, Jannings starred opposite Paula Negri in Madame Dubarry. The film was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and Norbert Falk and Hanns Craley wrote the script based on the memoirs of Alexandre Dumas. Then Emil works in Georg Jacobi's silent film Vendetta. Leo Lasko helped the director write the script. With Emil plays Paul Negri and Harry Liedtke. In the same year, Jannings starred in Alfred Halm's film Mehemed's Daughter. Ellen Richter became his partner. Emil's last work in 1919 was the film Man of Action. Director - Victor Janson, screenwriter - Robert Wien, filming partners - Hannah Ralph and Herman Betcher.
In 1920, Jannings starred in 6 films. The first is Martin Hartwig's Columbine, written by Emil Rameau and Jaap Speyer. Yannings was played by Margaret Lanner and Alex Otto. The second is Anne Boleyn by Ernst Lubitsch, written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Craley. Starring Henny Porten, Emil Jannings and Paul Hartmann. The third is "The Skull of the Pharaoh's Daughter" by Otz Tollen, written by Otz Tollen. Erna Morena and Kurt Vespermann played with Emil. The fourth is Algol by Hans Werkmeister, written by Hans Brennert and Friedel Kene. Jannings played with John Gott, Kat Haack and Hannah Ralph. The fifth is "Big Light" by Hannah Henning, who wrote the script herself. Cast - Hermann Betcher and Wilhelm Digelmann. The sixth is Ernst Lubitsch's comedy Kolhisel's Daughters, written by Hans Krasi. The cast included Jacob Tidtke as Matthias Kohlisel, Henny Porten as Liesel, Emil Jennings as Peter Xaver, Gustav von Wangenheim as Paul Seppl, and Willie Prager as the merchant.
One of the iconic films from Emil's Hollywood period was Lewis Milestone's 1929 "Betrayal" by Paramount Pictures. It tells the story of the love of a peasant woman and an artist.
In 1942, Emil produced and starred in the Nazi propaganda film Dismissal. Director Wolfgang Liebeniner filmed the dismissal of Otto von Bismarck, and she received the honorary title "Film of the Nation", awarded by the censorship service of the Ministry of Propaganda of the Reich.
