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1. Faust (1926)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Votes: 16,614
2. Der blaue Engel (1930)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti
Votes: 16,288 | Gross: $0.08M
3. The Last Laugh (1924)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz
Votes: 15,196 | Gross: $0.09M
4. The Last Command (1928)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond
Votes: 4,515
5. Tartuffe (1925)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Votes: 2,712
6. Waxworks (1924)
Not Rated | 107 min | Fantasy, Horror
A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
Directors: Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni | Stars: Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle
Votes: 2,308
7. Variety (1925)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward
Votes: 1,407 | Gross: $0.71M
8. Passion (1919)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 1,003
9. Deception (1920)
Not Rated | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau
Votes: 788
10. The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
Approved | 63 min | Drama, Horror
A girl is kidnapped and held captive in an ancient Egyptian temple. She is rescued and flees to England, but soon finds that her mysterious captor is still haunting her.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Emil Jannings, Max Laurence
Votes: 734
11. The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
100 min | Drama, History
The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Paul Biensfeldt, Friedrich Kühne
Votes: 662
12. The Merry Jail (1917)
48 min | Comedy
A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Harry Liedtke, Emil Jannings, Paul Biensfeldt, Erich Schönfelder
Votes: 633
13. Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)
64 min | Comedy, Romance
In Southern Bavaria, Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel insists his elder daughter Liesel marry first. Liesel is shunned as too brutal. Seppel suggests marrying Liesel first, ridding her, then wedding Gretel.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Jakob Tiedtke, Gustav von Wangenheim
Votes: 402
14. Othello (1922)
TV-PG | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ica von Lenkeffy, Theodor Loos
Votes: 297
15. Ohm Krüger (1941)
124 min | Biography, War
Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa.
Directors: Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch | Stars: Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder
Votes: 285
16. Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)
99 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers.
Director: Hans Werckmeister | Stars: Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hanna Ralph
Votes: 271
17. The Broken Jug (1935)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
The man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the ... See full summary »
Directors: Gustav Ucicky, Emil Jannings | Stars: Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayßler, Max Gülstorff, Lina Carstens
Votes: 232
18. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
94 min | Drama
A happy bank clerk loses his identity after a robbery and is then presumed dead.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Emil Jannings, Belle Bennett, Phyllis Haver, Donald Keith
Votes: 224 | Gross: $0.86M
19. The Making of a King (1935)
91 min | Drama
The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Hinz, Leopoldine Konstantin, Claus Clausen
Votes: 113
20. Husbands or Lovers (1924)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Romance
A wife is bored by her overweight slob of a husband, so she gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Maria Bard
Votes: 111
21. Die Entlassung (1942)
110 min | Drama, History
A sequel to 1940's "Bismarck", Bismarck is dismissed by an under-pressure Wilhelm II. Then the treaty with Russia is in peril as the leader is left with the dilemma of who could complete Bismarck's work.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Emil Jannings, Margarete Schön, Christian Kayßler, Theodor Loos
Votes: 106
22. Quo Vadis? (1924)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In Rome, during the reign of Nero, a young pagan general named Marcus Vinicius falls in love with a beautiful Christian hostage named Licia. Their love appears to be impossible, because of ... See full summary »
Directors: Gabriellino D'Annunzio, Georg Jacoby | Stars: Emil Jannings, Elena Sangro, Rina De Liguoro, Lillian Hall-Davis
Votes: 102 | Gross: $0.26M
23. Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The young country doctor Dr. Robert Koch is desperate seeking a cure for a tuberculosis epidemic costing many children in his district life.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko, Raimund Schelcher
Votes: 95
24. Der Herrscher (1937)
103 min | Drama
Mathias Clausen is a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Hannes Stelzer, Hilde Körber
Votes: 85
25. Danton (1921)
60 min | Drama
The true story of the conflict between Danton and Robespierre, the leaders of the French Revolution.
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Osip Runich, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 49
26. Liebling der Götter (1930)
112 min | Comedy
The tenor Albert Winkelmann is a celebrated artist, admired for his singing and for his effect on women. He is a "Darling of the Gods". His wife Agathe sees the bohemian spouse's preference for the "weaker sex" with some concern.
Director: Hanns Schwarz | Stars: Emil Jannings, Renate Müller, Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser
Votes: 49
27. The Tempest (1932)
101 min | Crime, Drama
After a petty crook is freed, he gets right back into trouble, first by stealing a fur for his former girlfriend and then by getting in fights with two different men who have tried to take his place with her, one of whom lands up drowning.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Emil Jannings, Anna Sten, Trude Hesterberg, Franz Nicklisch
Votes: 46
28. Betrayal (1929)
78 min | Drama
Swiss peasant girl Vroni (Esther Ralston) is having a secret summer romance with Viennese artist Andre Frey (Gary Cooper). When Andre later returns to Switzerland, he learns that Vroni has ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Emil Jannings, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, Jada Weller
Votes: 46
29. Traumulus (1936)
100 min | Drama
An old fashioned high school principal in a small late 19th century Prussian town realizes he has been living in a dream world, and wakes up to reality when a favorite student has a bad experience at a shady night club and commits suicide.
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Emil Jannings, Hilde Weissner, Harald Paulsen, Hildegard Barko
Votes: 45
30. The Tragedy of Love (1923)
Drama
Director: Joe May | Stars: Mia May, Emil Jannings, Erika Glässner, Vladimir Gajdarov
Votes: 33
31. Sins of the Fathers (1928)
73 min | Drama
A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another man. His wife finds out what happened. Complications ensue.
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Emil Jannings, Ruth Chatterton, Barry Norton, Jean Arthur
Votes: 32
32. Street of Sin (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
The story is set in the seamy Soho section of London, where burglar Basher Bill shares bed and board with his sluttish girlfriend Annie. As wicked as they come, Bill softens when he meets virtuous Salvation Army lass Elizabeth.
Directors: Mauritz Stiller, Ludwig Berger, Lothar Mendes, Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Fay Wray, Olga Baclanova, Ernest W. Johnson
Votes: 32
33. Altes Herz wird wieder jung (1943)
97 min | Comedy
Director: Erich Engel | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maria Landrock, Viktor de Kowa, Will Dohm
Votes: 29
34. Die Brüder Karamasoff (1920)
70 min | Drama
Directors: Carl Froelich, Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Bernhard Goetzke, Emil Jannings, Hermann Thimig
Votes: 25
35. Lulu (1917)
62 min | Drama
The circus dancer Lulu is a thoroughly liberal being. Although she loves her former savior, the clown Alfredo, she begins a relationship with the noble Henri von Reithofen. Henri kills himself ruined by the horrendous expenses for Lulu.
Director: Alexander Antalffy | Stars: Erna Morena, Adolf Klein, Harry Liedtke, Rolf Brunner
Votes: 25
36. Nächte des Grauens (1917)
56 min | Drama, Horror
An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist.
Directors: Richard Oswald, Arthur Robison | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Lorenz Köhler, Hans Mierendorff
Votes: 24
37. All for Money (1923)
83 min | Drama
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, uncouth and uneducated. His son, Fred, is... See full summary »
Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Emil Jannings, Hermann Thimig, Dagny Servaes, Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein
Votes: 21
38. When Four Do the Same (1917)
29 min | Short, Comedy
A young woman leaves the convent to go home and live with her father. Then she falls in love with a librarian, but her father doesn't approve.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Ossi Oswalda, Emil Jannings, Margarete Kupfer, Fritz Schulz
Votes: 20
39. Der Film im Film (1925)
Documentary
An educational film about the technological and artistic development of cinematography.
Director: Friedrich Porges | Stars: Ernst Deutsch, Ewald André Dupont, Richard Eichberg, Maria Jacobini
Votes: 19
40. Arme Eva (1916)
Drama
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Erna Morena, Emil Jannings, Theodor Loos
Votes: 17
41. Fuhrmann Henschel (1918)
Drama
Adaptation of the naturalistic tragedy by Hauptmann: After his first wife dies, the driver of a cart marries his ambitious and shrewish maid who brings him nothing but trouble.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Star: Emil Jannings
Votes: 17
42. The Merry Monarch (1933)
58 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A 1933 British Production based on the novel by Pierre Louys' "The Adventures of King Pausole", a fantasy based on a theme of King Solomon and his many wives. Good King Pausole (Emil ... See full summary »
Director: Alexis Granowsky | Stars: Emil Jannings, Sidney Fox, Josette Day, José Noguéro
Votes: 16
43. Das große Licht (1920)
48 min | Drama
Director: Hanna Henning | Stars: Hermann Böttcher, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Bruno Eichholz, Emil Jannings
Votes: 15
44. Frau Eva (1916)
63 min
An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.
Directors: Artur Berger, Robert Wiene | Stars: Alexander Antalffy, Emil Jannings, Margarete Kupfer, Theodor Loos
Votes: 13
45. Rose Bernd (1919)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Alfred Halm | Stars: Henny Porten, Alexander Wirth, Emil Jannings, Paul Bildt
Votes: 11
46. Der Stier von Olivera (1921)
66 min
Director: Erich Schönfelder | Stars: Emil Jannings, Hanna Ralph, Hannes Sturm, Fritz Schulz
Votes: 10
47. Die Filmstadt Hollywood (1928)
Documentary
Director: Max Goldschmidt | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Lya De Putti, Dolores Del Río, Greta Garbo
Votes: 10
48. Peter the Great (1922)
60 min | Biography, Drama
Peter the Great, on becoming czar of Russia, using his knowledge of shipbuilding gained in a foreign country to establish a navy, and to be able to use the navy, provokes a war with Sweden,... See full summary »
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Emil Jannings, Dagny Servaes, Bernhard Goetzke, Cordy Millowitsch
Votes: 8
49. The Patriot (1928)
113 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Paul I, the Emperor of All Russia, becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Emil Jannings, Lewis Stone, Florence Vidor, Vera Voronina
50. The Rats (1921)
59 min
Theater director Hassenreuter has housed his stock of costumes in a place where all sorts of outcast live. Drug addicts, prostitutes, and criminals symbolizing dirt, poverty and decline of morals of society.
Director: Hanns Kobe | Stars: Blandine Ebinger, Gertrude Hoffman, Lucie Höflich, Emil Jannings