The
last laugh
Der letzte Mann
Letzte mann
Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm)
1888-1931
Mayer, Carl
1894-1944
Pommer, Erich
1889-1966
Jannings, Emil
1886-1950
Delschaft, Maly.
John, Georg
d. 1934
Brock, Timothy.
Shepard, David.
Union Films
UFA (Firm)
Kino International Corporation
moving image
videorecording
nyu
New York, N.Y
Kino International
2001
monographic
eng
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
The story of a hotel doorman who is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age. Humiliated, he considers suicide. Then he experiences a strange twist of fate. This silent film is told entirely by camera, without title cards.
F.W. Murnau.
Silent with music soundtrack added.
Special features include: Excerpts from alternate versions ; photo gallery.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1924.
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Georg John.
Produced by Erich Pommer for Union Film-Ufa ; screenplay, Karl Mayer ; photography, Karl Freund ; music, Timothy Brock ; produced for video by David Shepard.
DVD; full-frame 1.33:1.
e-gx---
Hotel doorkeepers
Drama
Age discrimination in employment
Drama
Millionaires
Drama
Feature films
Germany
Motion pictures
Germany
Silent films
Feature films
CM DVD 00706
791.4372
K206 Kino International
738329020620
YVO
060824
20230410123835.0
39179