| Edition |
Disc 1: Restored German version ; disc 2: Unrestored export version. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (90 and 89 min.) : silent film with musical soundtracks, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo rda |
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DVD NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; 2.0 stereo; anamorphic (1.33:1) |
| Cast |
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm, Hermann Vallentin, Georg John, Enny Wyda. |
| Credits |
Written by Carl Mayer ; directed by F.W. Murnau ; produced by Erich Pommer for Union Film, UFA. |
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New musical score for restored German version by Berklee Silent Film Orchestra ; Sheldon Mirowitz, artistic director. Original 1924 musical score for restored German version by Giuseppe Becce ; orchestrated by Detlev Glanert in 2003. Musical score for unrestored export version by Timothy Brock ; performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra. |
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Reconstruction and restoration for German version by Luciano Berriatúa and Camille Blot-Wellens, in association with Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1924. |
| Summary |
The story of an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which had for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride. More than the plight of a single doorman, however, it is a mourful dramatization of the frustration and anguish of the universal working class. -- Based on container summary. |
| Note |
Bonus features include: Audio commentary by film historian Noah Isenberg and a 40-minute documentary, "The Last Laugh : the Making of." |
| Language |
German intertitles with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Hotel doorkeepers -- Drama.
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Age discrimination in employment -- Drama.
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Millionaires -- Drama.
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Age discrimination in employment. (OCoLC)fst00800154
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Hotel doorkeepers. (OCoLC)fst00961734
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Millionaires. (OCoLC)fst01021857
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Silent films.
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Fiction films.
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Kammerspiel films.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Kammerspiel films. (OCoLC)fst01921745
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Silent films. (OCoLC)fst01710368
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| Added Author |
Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931, director.
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Mayer, Carl, 1894-1944, screenwriter.
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Pommer, Erich, 1889-1966, producer.
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Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950, actor.
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Delschaft, Maly, actor.
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Hiller, Max, actor.
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Kurz, Emilie, -1934, actor.
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Brock, Timothy, composer.
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Becce, Giuseppe, 1877-1973, composer.
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Glanert, Detlev, arranger.
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Mirowitz, Sheldon, artistic director.
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Berriatúa, Luciano, 1949- restorationist.
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Blot-Wellens, Camille, restorationist.
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Berklee Silent Film Orchestra, performer.
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Olympia Chamber Orchestra, performer.
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UFA (Firm), production company.
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Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
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Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
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| Note |
English title: Last laugh |
| Standard No. |
738329215439 |
| Music No. |
K21543 Kino Classics |
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