The Last Laugh (Restored Deluxe Edition)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 30, 2008
- Originally Released: 1924
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Emil Jannings | |
Performer: | Maly Delschaft | |
Directed by | F.W. Murnau | |
Screenwriting by | Carl Mayer | |
Produced by | Erich Pommer | |
Director of Photography: | Karl Freund |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/4 --
...can still pierce a hardened heart - especially these days, when demotions and layoffs have become a daily occurrence and the streets are full of forlorn former doormen.
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LarsenOnFilm
The Last Laugh is a progress: it is not parasitic on any novel or play, does not resemble any literary form at all. It contains one of the finest pieces of sustained character-acting yet seen.
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The Spectator
Rating: 5/5 --
A Murnau silent classic featuring strong Emil Jannings performance.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Rating: B --
It ends with an unconvincing cop-out happy ending.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/4 --
The film would be famous just for its lack of titles, and for its lead performance by Emil Jannings, which is so effective that both Jannings and Murnau were offered Hollywood contracts and moved to America at the dawn of sound.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: A --
One of Murnau's classic silent films features a great performance from Emil Jannings, who three years later became the first Best Actor Oscar winner.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 4/4 --
The Last Laugh can really best be understood as a horror story.
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Slant Magazine
Product Description:
One of the most brilliant of all German silent films, F.W. Murnau's THE LAST LAUGH uses a constantly moving and subjective camera to capture the emotional anguish of a man whose life is suddenly devoid of meaning. Because of his age, an elderly doorman at a hotel finds himself ignominiously demoted to washroom attendant. Particularly galling to the poor man is the loss of his uniform, which gives him pride and prestige. Crestfallen, he spends the day wandering the city, getting drunk and dreaming of suicide, mourning the loss of his dignity, and trying desperately to hang on to a shred of hope.
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Product Info
- UPC: 738329063320
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