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The Last Laugh

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Der letzte Mann - Das Making of

Original title: Der Letzte Mann
Year: 1924
Running time: 90 min.
Country: Germany
Director: F.W. Murnau
Screenwriter: Carl Mayer
Music: Giuseppe Becce, Florian C. Reithner, Karl-Ernst Sasse, Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
Cinematography: Karl Freund (B&W)
Cast: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm, Hermann Vallentin, Georg John, Emmy Wyda
Producer: UFA
Genre: Drama | German Expressionism. Silent Film. Old Age
Synopsis / Plot: It tells the story of an elderly hotel doorman whose world crumbles when he is demoted to lavatory attendant. He is embarrassed by his new position so he tries to hide it, although his life keeps disintegrating anyway.

Critics' reviews

"A remarkable piece of direction, with exquisite lighting effects"

Mordaunt Hall: The New York Times
"No one before Murnau had ever entirely done away with all written words on the screen (...) He tells his story through shots, angles, moves, facial expressions and easily read visual cues (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"A masterpiece of the German silent cinema"

Dave Kehr: The New York Times
"Freund’s inventive camera work combined with a round of editing-room trickery create ineluctable moods of, respectively, delusional fantasy and outright horror (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Andrew Schenker: Slant
"Murnau’s masterpiece is one of very few examples of truly pure cinema"

Time Out
"Karl Freund's ground-breaking and historically important cinematography can still take the breath away (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Alan Morrison: Empire

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