The Patriot is a 1928 semi-biographical film, starring Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor and Lewis Stone that was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. It was written by Hanns Kräly ; it is an adaptation of several different plays: Paul I by Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Der Patriot by Alfred Neumann, and The Patriot by Ashley Dukes. It won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Lewis Stone), Best Art Direction, Best Director and Best Picture. Also, it was the only silent film nominated for Best Picture that year and the last to ever receive a Best Picture nomination.