Emil Jannings: Emil Jannings. Actor: The Last Command. His real name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, and in the early 1900s, he was already working in the theater under Max Reinhardt's company. Important movies where he defined himself as a convincing actor were Passion (1919) and Quo Vadis? (1924), followed by The Last Laugh (1924)(aka The Last Laugh) in 1924 and Variety (1925) (aka Variety) in 1925. In 1928, he became the...
Known For: The Last Command (Grand Duke Sergius Alexander), The Way of All Flesh (August Schilling), Faust (Mephisto), The Blue Angel (Professor Immanuel Rath)