Emil Jannings Movies

Two inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred Döblin’s novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).

An examination of the 1941 German blockbuster "Uncle Krüger", a film about the Boer War and the British concentration camps in south Africa,...

Rupp (Jannings) is a former butcher, made rich in the meat packing industry as a result of the reversal of fortunes brought on by WWI. He is crude,...

This movie was featured on the DVD release of Der letzte Mann in 2004 in Germany.

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

Die Ratten was produced by actress and singer Grete Ly. Her company, Grete Ly-Film, made five films between 1919 and 1921. Die Ratten, which is based...

The husband of Countess Manon Moreau is found murdered. André Rabatin, who belongs to the same club as Count Moreau, is the suspect. Rabatin,...

A silent movie by Robert Wiene

An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.

Adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's 1931 play Fanny.

This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believes in his boys and is easily fooled...

The circus dancer Lulu is a thoroughly liberal being. Although she loves her former savior, the clown Alfredo, she begins a relationship with the...

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Lubitsch plays a book shop employee who falls in love with Jannings' daughter.

A pharaonic tragedy to the content that spans six different eras. In the first episode, the emergence and dramatic end of the love story between the...

In Corsica, Marianna Paoli's brother is killed by an Englishman whose identity is unknown to her. She swears vengeance and tracks the killer to Monte...