Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings 18841950 was a German actor the first to win the Academy Award for Best Actor Between 1926 and 1929 he worked in Hollywood Upon returning to Germany he sympathized with the Nazi regime and was one of the advisors to Universum FilmAktiengesellschaft UFA the film studios controlled by Goebbels as a propaganda weapon With the end of World War II and Germanys defeat his career fell into disgrace