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Last Laugh / Der Letzte Mann / The Least Of Men


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  Last Laugh / Der Letzte Mann / The Least Of Men Review
Tookey's Rating
8 /10
 
Average Rating
8.22 /10
 
Starring
Emil Jannings , Max Hiller, Maly Delschaft
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Directed by: F.W. Murnau (pictured)
Written by: Carl Mayer

 
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Released: 1924
   
Genre: DRAMA
IMPORTANT
SILENT
FOREIGN
   
Origin: Germany
   
Length: 73
 
 


 
A proud doorman (Emil Jannings) struggles to keep his self-respect as he is demoted to lavatory attendant at a luxury hotel.

Reviewed by Chris Tookey



This silent classic made history by being told entirely in pictures, without any title cards. Karl Freund's camerawork is outstanding. Poorly remade in Germany, in 1955.


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