Editing Emil Jannings

{{short description|German actor (1884–1950)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Emil Jannings
| image              = Emil Jannings - no watermark.jpg
| caption            = Jannings {{circa|1926}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1884|07|23|df=y}}
| alt                = 
| birth_place        = [[Rorschach, Switzerland|Rorschach]], Switzerland
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1950|01|02|1884|07|23|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Strobl]], [[Allied-occupied Austria]]
| birth_name         = Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz
| nationality        = German
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1914–1945
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* Lucy Höfling<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjEWDAAAQBAJ&q=emil+jannings+lucy+hofling&pg=PA46|title=Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema|isbn=9780230289321|last1=Winkel|first1=Roel Vande|last2=Welch|first2=D.|date=7 February 2007|publisher=Springer }}</ref> (divorced 1919)<br />{{marriage|[[Hanna Ralph]]|1919|1921|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Lucie Höflich]]|1921|1921|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Gussy Holl]]|1923}}
}}
| children           = 1
| signature          = Unterschrift Emil Jannings (1884-1950).png
}}
'''Emil Jannings''' (born '''Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz'''; 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for starring roles in ''[[The Last Command (1928 film)|The Last Command]]'' and ''[[The Way of All Flesh (1927 film)|The Way of All Flesh]]''. As of 2025, Jannings is the only German to win in that category.

Jannings is best known for his collaborations with [[F. W. Murnau]] and [[Josef von Sternberg]], including the 1930 film ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' (''Der blaue Engel''{{--)}}, with [[Marlene Dietrich]]. ''The Blue Angel'' was meant as a vehicle for Jannings to score a place for himself in the new medium of [[sound film]], but Dietrich stole the show. Jannings later starred in a number of [[Nazi propaganda]] films, which made him unemployable as an actor after the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]].

==Childhood and youth==
Jannings was born in [[Rorschach, Switzerland|Rorschach]], Switzerland, the son of Emil Janenz, an American businessman from [[St. Louis]], and his wife Margarethe (''née'' Schwabe), originally from Germany.<ref>Roman Rocek: Die neun Leben des Alexander Lernet-Holenia. Eine Biographie. Böhlau, Wien u.a. 1997; {{ISBN|3-205-98713-6}}. S. 186</ref><ref>Frank Noack: "Jannings. Der erste deutsche Weltstar". Collection Rolf Heyne, [[München]] 2012</ref> Jannings held German citizenship; while he was still young the family moved to [[Leipzig]] in the [[German Empire]] and further to [[Görlitz]] after the early death of his father.

Jannings ran away from school and went to sea. When he returned to Görlitz, his mother finally allowed him to begin a traineeship at the town state theatre, where he started his stage career. From 1901 onwards he worked with several theatre companies in [[Bremen]], [[Nuremberg]], Leipzig, [[Königsberg]], and [[Głogów|Glogau]] before joining the [[Deutsches Theater (Berlin)|Deutsches Theater]] ensemble under director [[Max Reinhardt]] in Berlin.<ref name="Times51580"/> Permanently employed since 1915, Jannings met with playwright [[Karl Vollmöller]], fellow actor [[Ernst Lubitsch]], and photographer [[Frieda Riess]]. After World War I all were at the heart of [[Weimar Culture]] in [[1920s Berlin]]. Jannings made his breakthrough in 1918 with his role as Judge Adam in Kleist's ''[[The Broken Jug|Broken Jug]]'' at the [[Konzerthaus Berlin|Schauspielhaus]].

==Career==
[[File:Antigone By Walter Hasenclever.jpeg|thumb|upright|Jannings as Kreon in [[Walter Hasenclever|Hasenclever]]'s ''Antigone'', [[Großes Schauspielhaus]], 1920]]
Jannings was a theater actor who went into films, though he remained dissatisfied with the limited expressive possibilities in the silent era. Having signed a contract with the [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] production company, he starred in ''[[Die Augen der Mumie Ma]]'' (''The Eyes of the Mummy'', 1918) and ''[[Madame DuBarry (1919 film)|Madame DuBarry]]'' (1919), both with [[Pola Negri]] in the main female part. He also performed in the 1922 film version of ''[[Othello (1922 film)|Othello]]'' and in [[F. W. Murnau]]'s 1924 film ''[[The Last Laugh (1924 film)|The Last Laugh]]'' (''Der Letzte Mann''), as a proud but aged hotel doorman who is demoted to a restroom attendant. Jannings worked with Murnau on two other films; playing the title character in ''[[Tartuffe (1926 film)|Tartuffe]]'' (''Herr Tartüff'', 1925), and as [[Mephistopheles]] in ''[[Faust (1926 film)|Faust]]'' (1926).

===United States===
His increasing popularity enabled Jannings to sign an agreement with [[Paramount Pictures]] and eventually follow his acting colleagues Lubitsch and Negri to [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]]. His first film there, ''[[The Way of All Flesh (1927 film)|The Way of All Flesh]]'', directed by [[Victor Fleming]] and now [[lost film|lost]], was released in 1927, and in the following year he performed in [[Josef von Sternberg]]'s ''[[The Last Command (1928 film)|The Last Command]]''. In 1929, Jannings won the first [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for his work in both films. He and Sternberg also cooperated in ''[[Street of Sin]]'' (1928), though they actually differed about Jannings' acting in front of the camera.

His Hollywood career came to an end with the advent of [[talkies]] as his thick German accent was difficult to understand. His dialogue was initially dubbed by another actor in the part-talkie ''[[The Patriot (1928 film)|The Patriot]]'' (1928) directed by Ernst Lubitsch, although Jannings' own voice was restored after he objected. Returning to Europe, he starred opposite [[Marlene Dietrich]] in the 1930 film ''[[The Blue Angel (1930 movie)|The Blue Angel]]'', which was filmed simultaneously in [[English language|English]] with its German version ''[[Der blaue Engel]]''.

According to [[Susan Orlean]], author of ''Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend'', Jannings was not actually the winner of the first best actor vote, but the runner-up. While researching her book, Orlean thought she discovered that it was in fact [[Rin Tin Tin]], the [[German Shepherd dog]], one of the biggest movie stars of his time, who won the vote. The Academy, however, worried about not being taken seriously if they gave the first Oscar to a dog, chose to award the Oscar to the human runner-up.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/susan-orlean-throw-rin-tin-tin-a-bone-and-give-back-the-poochs-best-actor-oscar-195692/|title=Susan Orlean: Throw Rin Tin Tin A Bone & Give Back The Pooch's Best Actor Oscar|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=3 January 2012}}</ref> However, this story has been labeled as absolutely not true by other sources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/rin-tin-tin-oscar-win-first-best-actor/|title=No, Rin Tin Tin Didn't Really Win the First Best Actor Oscar|date=15 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/which-best-actor-winner-allegedly-once-shouted-dont-shoot-i-have-won-an-oscar-4146311/|title=Which Best Actor Winner Allegedly Once Shouted, "Don't Shoot. I Have Won an Oscar"?|first=Hadley|last=Meares|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=16 March 2021}}</ref>

In 1960, Jannings was posthumously honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1630 Vine Street for his contribution to motion pictures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/emil-jannings |title=Walk of Fame Stars-Emil Jannings |website=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce/Walk of Fame|date=25 October 2019 }}</ref>

===Nazi Germany===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0321-506, St. Wolfgang, Goebbels und Emil Jannings.jpg|thumb|Jannings with [[Joseph Goebbels]] on [[Wolfgangsee]], 1938]]

After the Nazi [[Machtergreifung|seizure of power]] in 1933, Jannings continued his career in the service of [[Nazism and cinema|Nazi cinema]]. In [[Nazi Germany]], he starred in several films that were intended to promote [[Nazism]], particularly the ''[[Führerprinzip]]'' by presenting unyielding historical characters, such as ''[[Der alte und der junge König]]'' (''The Old and the Young King'' 1934), ''[[Der Herrscher]]'' (''The Ruler'' 1937) directed by [[Veit Harlan]], ''[[Robert Koch (film)|Robert Koch]]'' (1939), ''[[Ohm Krüger]]'' (''Uncle Kruger'', 1941) and ''[[Die Entlassung]]'' (''Bismarck's Dismissal'', 1942).<ref name="imdb"/> He also performed in his role in ''[[The Broken Jug (film)|The Broken Jug]]'' directed by [[Gustav Ucicky]]. Minister of Propaganda [[Joseph Goebbels]] named Jannings an "Artist of the State" (''[[Staatsschauspieler]]'')<ref>{{cite book|last1=Welch|first1=David|title=Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-1945|date=2001|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781860645204|pages=117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEQJAcyUoIgC&pg=PA117}}</ref>

The shooting of his last film ''Wo ist Herr Belling?'' was aborted when troops of the [[Allies of World War II|Allied Powers]] entered Germany in spring 1945. Jannings reportedly carried his Oscar statuette with him as proof of his former association with Hollywood. However, his active role in [[Nazi propaganda]] meant that he was subject to [[denazification]], effectively ending his career.

In the same period Dietrich became a US citizen and an influential anti-Nazi activist, spending much of the war entertaining troops on the front lines and broadcasting on behalf of the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]]. Dietrich particularly loathed Jannings for his Nazi ties, and would later refer to her former co-star as a "[[Overacting|ham]]".<ref>''[[Marlene (1984 film)|Marlene]]'' (1984)</ref>

After the war with his reputation stained by his work with the Nazi government, he never worked as an actor again.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/best-actor-oscar-winner-nazi-emil-jannings-b2509263.html | title=The Nazi who won the Oscars' first ever Best Actor award | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=8 March 2024 }}</ref>

===Death===
[[File:Friedhof St Wolfgang im Salzkammergut - Emil Jannings.JPG|thumb|upright|Emil Jannings' grave at St Wolfgang im Salzkammergut]]
Jannings retired to [[Strobl]] near [[Salzburg]], Austria, and became an Austrian citizen in 1947.<ref name="Times51580"/> He died in 1950, aged 65, from [[liver cancer]].<ref>[http://www.chroniknet.de/daly_de.0.html?year=1950&month=01&day=02 Chroniknet.de], Obituary for Emil Jannings (2 January 1950), chroniknet.de]; accessed 26 October 2014.</ref> He is buried in the [[St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut|St. Wolfgang]] cemetery. His Best Actor Oscar is now on display at the [[Filmmuseum Berlin|Berlin Filmmuseum]].

==Marriages==
Jannings was married four times. His first three marriages ended in divorce, his last with his death.  His last three marriages were to German stage and film actresses, [[Hanna Ralph]], [[Lucie Höflich]], and [[Gussy Holl]].<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|417837}}</ref> He had a daughter, Ruth-Maria (born 1920), from his first marriage to Lucy Höfling.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3JZAAAAMAAJ&q=ruth+maria+jannings |title = "Image" on the art and evolution of the film: Photographs and articles from the magazine of the International Museum of Photography|isbn = 9780486237770|last1 = Deutelbaum|first1 = Marshall|year = 1952| publisher=Dover Publications }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT48 |title = Billboard|date = 14 January 1950}}</ref>

==Cultural depictions==
* {{ill|Hilmar Eichhorn|de}} portrayed a fictionalized version of Jannings in ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' (2009), directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]]. This fictional version of Jannings dies at the end of the film.
* In the 1972 film ''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]'', singer [[Sally Bowles]] ([[Liza Minnelli]]) finds herself at a high-society dinner party; she tries to impress someone at the table by suggesting that she is a friend of Emil Jannings.
* In Series 1 of the BBC's epic Second World War drama [[World on Fire (TV series)|''World on Fire'']] (2019) American journalist Nancy Campbell, played by [[Helen Hunt]], accepts an invitation from neighbours in Berlin to see the latest Emil Jannings film, saying: “Well, I love Emil Jannings, and I loved him in ''The Blue Angel''.”

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|rowspan= 3|1914
| ''Arme Eva''
|
|
|-
| ''Im Schützengraben''
|Extra
|
|-
| ''Passionels Tagebuch''
|
|
|-
| rowspan=7|1916
| ''Aus Mangel an Beweisen''
| Dr. Langer
|
|-
| ''Die Bettlerin von St. Marien''
| Baron Gelsburg
|
|-
| ''[[Frau Eva]]''
|
|
|-
| ''Im Angesicht des Toten''
| Paul Werner
|
|-
| ''[[Life Is a Dream (1917 film)|Life Is a Dream]]''
|Verführer (the seducer)
| a.k.a. ''Das Leben ein Traum'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[A Night of Horror]]''
|Banker
| a.k.a. ''Nächte des Grauens'' (German original title)
|-
| ''Stein unter Steinen''
|
|
|-
|rowspan=10|1917
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Das fidele Gefängnis|de}}''
| Quabbe, the jailer
| ''The Merry Jail'' (Europe: English title)
|-
| ''[[When Four Do the Same]]'' 
| Segetoff
| a.k.a. ''Wenn vier dasselbe tun'' (German original title)
|-
| ''Hoheit Radieschen'' 
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach]]''
| Wilhelm Rohrbach
| a.k.a. ''Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach'' (German original title)
|-
| ''Der Zehnte Pavillon der Zitadelle''
|
|
|-
| ''Das Geschäft''
| S. H. Haßler
|
|-
| ''Lulu''
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Ring of Giuditta Foscari]]''
|
| a.k.a. ''Der Ring der Giuditta Foscari'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[The Sea Battle]]'' 
|
| a.k.a. ''Die Seeschlacht'' (German original title)
|-
| ''Unheilbar''
|
|
|-
|rowspan= 4|1918
| ''[[The Seeds of Life (film)|The Seeds of Life]]'' 
| James Fraenkel, stock exchange broker (Börsenmakler)<br />John Smith, American engineer (amerikanischer Ingenieur)
| a.k.a. ''Keimendes Leben'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Die Augen der Mumie Ma|The Eyes of the Mummy]]''
| Radu, an Arab
| ''Die Augen der Mumie Ma'' (German original title)
|-
| ''Fuhrmann Henschel''
|
|
|-
| ''Nach zwanzig Jahren''
| Horst Lundin 'Korn'
|
|-
| rowspan=5|1919
|''[[Rose Bernd (1919 film)|Rose Bernd]]'' 
| Arthur Streckmann
|
|-
| ''[[Madame Du Barry (1919 film)|Madame DuBarry]]''
| [[Louis XV]]
| a.k.a. Passion
|-
| ''[[Vendetta (1919 film)|Vendetta]]''
| Tomasso
|
|-
| ''[[The Daughter of Mehemed]]''
| Vaco Juan Riberda, Fabrikbesitzer
| a.k.a. ''Die Tochter des Mehemed'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[The Man of Action]]''
| Jan Miller
| a.k.a. ''Der Mann der Tat'' (German original title)
|-
|rowspan= 6|1920
| ''[[Colombine (film)|Colombine]]''
|Carlo
| a.k.a. ''Die Braut des Apachen'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Anna Boleyn (film)|Anna Boleyn]]''
| [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]
| a.k.a. ''Deception''
|-
| ''[[The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter]]''
| Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
| a.k.a. ''Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Algol (film)|Algol]]''
| Robert Herne
|
|-
| ''[[The Big Light]]''
| Lorenz Ferleitner
| a.k.a. ''Das große Licht'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920 film)|Kohlhiesel's Daughters]]'' 
| Peter Xaver
| a.k.a. ''Kohlhiesels Töchter'' (German original title)
|-
|rowspan=5|1921
| ''[[The Rats (1921 film)|The Rats]]''
| Bruno
| a.k.a. ''Die Ratten'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[The Oath of Peter Hergatz]]'' 
|
| a.k.a. ''Der Schwur des Peter Hergatz'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Danton (1921 film)|Danton]]''
| [[Georges Danton]]
| a.k.a. ''All for a Woman''
|-
| ''[[The Bull of Olivera]]''
| General François Guillaume
| a.k.a. ''Der Stier von Olivera'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1921 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]]'' 
| Dimitri Karamasoff
| a.k.a. ''Die Brüder Karamasoff'' (German original title)
|-
|rowspan=4|1922
| ''[[Peter the Great (1922 film)|Peter the Great]]''
| [[Peter the Great]]
| a.k.a. ''Peter der Große'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Othello (1922 film)|Othello]]''
| [[Othello (character)|Othello]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Loves of Pharaoh]]'' 
| Pharao Amenes
| a.k.a. ''Das Weib des Pharao'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[The Countess of Paris]]''
|Ombrade
| a.k.a. ''Die Gräfin von Paris'' (German original title)
|-
| rowspan=2|1923
| ''[[All for Money]]''
| S. I. Rupp
| (USA); a.k.a. ''Alles für Geld''  (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Tragedy of Love]]''
| Ombrade
| a.k.a. ''Tragödie der Liebe'' (German original title)
|-
|rowspan=4|1924
| ''[[Der Letzte Mann|The Last Laugh]]''
| Hotel Porter
| (USA); a.k.a. ''Der letzte Mann'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[Husbands or Lovers (1924 film)|Husbands or Lovers]]''
| Husband
| 
|-
| ''[[Waxworks (film)|Waxworks]]''
| [[Harun al-Rashid]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Quo Vadis (1924 film)|Quo Vadis]]''
| [[Nero]]
| '''Extant'''
|-
|rowspan=2|1925
| ''[[Varieté|Variety]]''
| Boss Huller
| a.k.a. ''Jealousy'' (USA)
|-
| ''[[Love is Blind (1926 film)|Love is Blind]]''
| Emil Jannings
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|1926
| ''[[Herr Tartüff|Tartuffe]]''
| [[Tartuffe]]
|
|-
| ''[[Faust (1926 film)|Faust – A German Folktale]]''
| [[Mephistopheles|Mephisto]]
| '''Extant'''
|-
|1927
| ''[[The Way of All Flesh (1927 film)|The Way of All Flesh]]''
| August Schilling
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor]];  '''Lost film'''
|-
|rowspan=4|1928
| ''[[Sins of the Fathers (1928 film)|Sins of the Fathers]]''
| Wilhelm Spengler
| excerpts and clips are preserved of this film. Unconfirmed about the total film
|-
| ''[[The Patriot (1928 film)|The Patriot]]''
| [[Paul I of Russia|Czar Paul I]]
| '''Lost film'''
|-
| ''[[The Street of Sin]]''
| Basher Bill
| '''Lost film'''
|-
| ''[[The Last Command (1928 film)|The Last Command]]''
| Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor]];  '''Extant'''
|-
|1929
| ''[[Betrayal (1929 film)|Betrayal]]''
| Poldi Moser
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|1930
| ''[[Darling of the Gods]]''
| Albert Winkelmann
| a.k.a. ''Liebling der Götter'' (German original title)
|-
| ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' 
| Prof. Immanuel Rath
| US title; a.k.a. ''Der blaue Engel'' 
|-
|1932
| ''[[Storms of Passion]]''
| Gustav Bumke
| German original title; a.k.a. ''Stürme der Leidenschaft'' a.k.a. ''Tempest''
|-
|rowspan=2|1933
| ''Die Abenteuer des Königs Pausole''
| rowspan="2" | King Pausole
| a.k.a. ''The Adventures of King Pausole'' (English title)
|-
| ''The Merry Monarch''
|
|-
|1934
| ''[[Der Schwarze Walfisch]]'' 
| Peter Petersen
| German original title; a.k.a. ''The Black Whale'' (International: English title)
|-
|1935
| ''[[The Old and the Young King]]'' 
| [[Frederick William I of Prussia]]
| a.k.a. ''The Making of a King'' (USA); ''Der alte und der junge König'' (German original title)
|-
|1936
| ''[[The Dreamer (1936 film)|The Dreamer]]'' 
| Direktor Prof. Niemeyer
| a.k.a. ''Traumulus''  (German original title)
|-
|rowspan=2|1937
| ''[[The Broken Jug (film)|The Broken Jug]]''
| Adam, Dorfrichter
| a.k.a. ''Der zerbrochene Krug'' (German original title)
|-
|  ''[[The Ruler]]'' 
| Matthias Clausen
| a.k.a. ''Der Herrscher'' (German original title)
|-
|rowspan=2|1939
| ''[[Robert Koch (film)|Robert Koch]]'' 
| [[Robert Koch]]
|
|-
| ''Der Trichter. (Nr. III)''
|
| scenes deleted
|-
|1941
| ''[[Ohm Krüger]]''
| [[Paul Kruger]]
| a.k.a. ''Uncle Kruger'' (International: English title)
|-
|1942
| ''[[Die Entlassung]]''
| [[Otto von Bismarck]]
| a.k.a. ''Bismarck's Dismissal'' (UK)
|-
|1943
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Altes Herz wird wieder jung|de}}'' 
| Fabrikdirektor Hoffmann
|
|-
|1945
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Wo ist Herr Belling?|de}}''
| Firmenchef Eberhard Belling
| a.k.a. ''Where Is Mr. Belling?'' (English title)
|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs
<ref name="Times51580">{{Cite newspaper The Times|title=Herr Emil Jannings A Great Film Actor|department=Obituaries|date=4 January 1950|page=7|issue=51580|column=E}}</ref>}}

==Further reading==
* Frank Noack: ''Jannings.'' Belleville, München 2009 {{ISBN|978-3-933510-50-1}}
* Carl Zuckmayer: ''Geheimreport''. Hrsg. von Gunther Nickel und Johanna Schrön. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2002, {{ISBN|3-89244-599-0}}; pp.&nbsp;136–45
* Emil Jannings: ''Theater, Film – Das Leben und ich. Autobiographie''. Berchtesgaden: Verlag Zimmer & Herzog, 1951. (posthumous)
* Herbert Ihering: ''Emil Jannings: Baumeister seines Lebens und seiner Filme.'' Heidelberg 1941

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*[http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=673 Photographs of Emil Jannings]
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