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The last laugh [Der letzte Mann]

Title
The last laugh [videorecording] = [Der letzte Mann] / directed by F. W. Murnau.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Kino International : Kino on Video [distributor], 2001.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Videodisc release of a motion picture originally produced in 1924.
Special features: Excerpts from alternate versions ; photo gallery.
Producer, Erich Pommer ; screenplay, Karl Mayer ; photography, Karl Freund ; music, Timothy Brock ; produced for video by David Shepard.
Silent with music soundtrack added.
Summary
The story of a hotel doorman who is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age. Humiliated, he considers suicide. Then, by a strange twist of fate, he becomes a millionaire. This silent film is told entirely by camera, without title cards.
Variant and related titles
Letzte Mann
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Producer, Erich Pommer ; screenplay, Karl Mayer ; photography, Karl Freund ; music, Timothy Brock ; produced for video by David Shepard.
Performers
Cast: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Georg John.
System details note
DVD.
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