The Last Laugh
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| Directed by | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau |
| Produced by | Erich Pommer |
| Written by | Carl Mayer |
| Starring | Emil Jannings Maly Delschaft |
| Cinematography | Karl Freund |
| Distributed by | UFA |
| Release date(s) | December 23, 1924 |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent film German intertitles |
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The Last Laugh (German: Der letzte Mann) is a German 1924 silent film directed by German director F. W. Murnau and based on a Broadway play by Charles W. Goddard.
It is the most famous example of the short-lived Kammerspiel or "chamber-drama" genre.
This was one of the first films to incorporate a moving camera (although references to cameras following characters up stairs in Murnau's earlier film, Der Januskopf, may point to an even earlier use). The set was built entirely within a studio, unusual for Murnau who preferred to shoot on location.
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[edit] Plot
Jannings' character, the doorman for a famous hotel, loses his job as he is considered too old and infirm. He tries to conceal this fact from his friends and family, but to his shame, he is discovered.
At the end, the doorman inherits a fortune and is able to dine happily at the same hotel he used to work for.
[edit] Cast
- Emil Jannings as Hotelportier [hotel porter]
- Maly Delschaft as Seine nichte [his niece]
- Max Hiller as Ihr bräutigam [her bridgroom]
- Emilie Kurz as Bridegroom's aunt
- Hans Unterkircher as Geschäftsführer [hotel manager]
- Olaf Storm as Junger gast [young guest]
- Hermann Vallentin as Spitzbäuchiger gast [guest with pot belly]
- Georg John as Nachtwächter [night watchman]
- Emmy Wydaa as Dünne nachbarin [thin neighbor]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Public domain download.
German films: Der Knabe in Blau (1919) Prinz Kuckuck (1919) • Der Januskopf (1920) • Satanas (1920) • Sehnsucht (1920) • Der Gang in die Nacht (1920) • Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (1920) • Schloß Vogelöd (1921) • Marizza (1922) • Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) • Phantom (1922) • Der brennende Acker (1922) • Die Austreibung (1923) • Der letzte Mann (1924) • Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (1924) • Herr Tartüff (1926) • Faust (1926) •
American films: Sunrise (1927) • Four Devils (1928) • City Girl (1930) • Tabu (1931)
