Emil Jannings
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Emerging from a Swiss-German background, Jannings began his artistic path after a brief seafaring stint, when his mother permitted a theatre apprenticeship in Görlitz; he later honed his craft with companies across Bremen, Nuremberg, Leipzig and others before joining Max Reinhardt’s Deutsches Theater ensemble in Berlin. His film breakthrough arrived with UFA productions such as The Last Laugh (192…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
