Movies by Emil Jannings

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

The Broken Jug

The Broken Jug

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 blustering and bullying - and naive - village judge is the guilty one.

Uncle Krüger

Uncle Krüger

An anti-British propaganda film from Nazi Germany which depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War.

The Loves of Pharaoh

The Loves of Pharaoh

The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.

The Last Command

The Last Command

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.

Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle

Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle

German silent film

Danton

Danton

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Algol: Tragedy of Power

Algol: Tragedy of Power

An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.

Husbands or Lovers

Husbands or Lovers

A wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet.

Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream

A silent movie by Robert Wiene

Frau Eva

Frau Eva

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

Rose Bernd

Rose Bernd

An adaptation of the Gerhart Hauptmann play of the same name. A young farmer's daughter is used and abused by the men in her life.

Vendetta

Vendetta

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 Carlo. There she falls in love with a handsome young officer, only to discover that he is the murderer she has sworn to punish.

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.

Lulu

Lulu

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. She however is fishing for the next rich patron, the much older Baron Waldheim. His son knows Lulu and warns his father that she will also hurt him. Waldheim succumbs to Lulus's insinuations and punishes his son.

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

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

A Night of Horror

A Night of Horror

An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist.

The Great Light

The Great Light

Lorenz Ferleitner has worked his way up from a poor but gifted farm boy to a recognized master builder. When a new cathedral is to be built, he is given the honor of carrying out the task. He would like to commission the unknown young painter Fritz Rasmussen to decorate the dome. The director of the art academy, Professor Marquardt, however, wants to employ his untalented nephew for the painting work. A bitter conflict unfolds.