Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings in The Blue Angel (1930). This film established Dietrich as a worldwide film star, and she subsequently left Germany behind for Hollywood stardom. Emil Jannings was the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1928. Jannings stayed behind in Germany and acted in many films that supported Nazi ideology.
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That’s not Emil Jannings in the photo. Sorry. That is Kurt Gerron, I believe, playing her manager and a magician.