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Der letzte Mann / Regie, F.W. Murnau ; written by Carl Meyer ; directed by F.W. Murnau ; produced by Erich Pommer for Union Film-Ufa.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .L337 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Letzte Mann (Motion picture : 1924)
- Language:
- English
- German
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Hotel doorkeepers--Drama.
- Hotel doorkeepers.
- Age discrimination in employment--Drama.
- Age discrimination in employment.
- Millionaires--Drama.
- Millionaires.
- Genre:
- Foreign films.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Feature films -- Germany.
- Motion pictures -- Germany.
- DVD-Video discs.
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Silent films
- Silent films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- plastic
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Title on disc label: Last laugh
- Title on container: F.W. Murnau's The last laugh
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2001]
- Language Note:
- Title frames in German; credits and words appearing within feature in English.
- System Details:
- DVD; stereo.; full-frame 1.33:1.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Participant:
- Emil Jannings, Hermann Vallentin, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm, Emmy Wyda.
- Music performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra.
- Credits:
- Camera, Karl Freund, Robert Baberske ; art directors, Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig ; music composed and conducted by Timothy Brock ; produced for video by David Shepard.
- Notes:
- Silent film with music soundtrack added (1993).
- Licensed by Transit Films on behalf of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1924.
- Special features include: Excerpts from alternate versions; photo gallery.
- OCLC:
- 47198851
- Publisher Number:
- 738329020620
- K206 Kino on Video
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