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The Last Command

  • 19281928
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  • 1h 28m
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Emil Jannings in The Last Command (1928)
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A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
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    • Josef von Sternberg
  • Writers
    • Lajos Biró(story)
    • John F. Goodrich
    • Ernst Lubitsch(idea)
  • Stars
    • Emil Jannings
    • Evelyn Brent
    • William Powell
    • Josef von Sternberg
  • Writers
    • Lajos Biró(story)
    • John F. Goodrich
    • Ernst Lubitsch(idea)
  • Stars
    • Emil Jannings
    • Evelyn Brent
    • William Powell
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Emil Jannings
    Emil Jannings
    • Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
    Evelyn Brent
    Evelyn Brent
    • Natalie
    William Powell
    William Powell
    • The Director
    Jack Raymond
    • The Assistant
    Nicholas Soussanin
    Nicholas Soussanin
    • The Adjutant
    Michael Visaroff
    Michael Visaroff
    • The Bodyguard
    Fritz Feld
    Fritz Feld
    • A Revolutionist
    Harry Cording
    Harry Cording
    • Revolutionist
    • (uncredited)
    Shep Houghton
    • Russian Youth
    • (uncredited)
    Alexander Ikonnikov
    • Drillmaster
    • (uncredited)
    Nicholas Kobliansky
    • Drillmaster
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Oliver
    Guy Oliver
    • Wardrobe Attendant
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Savitsky
    • A Private
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Semels
    • A Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Wilber
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
      • Josef von Sternberg
    • Writers
      • Lajos Biró(story)
      • John F. Goodrich
      • Ernst Lubitsch(idea) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Based on the life of Theodore Lodi, a former general in the Russian army of Czar Nicholas, who fled Russia after the 1917 Communist revolution and wound up in Hollywood, where he worked for a while as a movie extra.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Quotes

      Gen. Dolgorucki: Why are you not in uniform?

      Lev Andreyev: My lungs are weak.

      Gen. Dolgorucki: Perhaps it is your courage that is weak.

      Lev Andreyev: It doesn't require courage to send others to battle and death.

      [the angry Duke uses his crop to whip Andreyev across the face]

    • Alternate versions
      In 1985 German composer Siegfried Franz reconstructed the original musical score of the film. A version of the film with this score was released in life performances in theaters and shown on television in the eighties.
    • Connections
      Featured in Maltin on Movies: Flipped (2010)

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    8/10
    Fantastic Lead Performance with an Unforgettable Ending
    Emil Jannings was certainly the actor of his time. While at moments subject to the silent era "over-performing" *The Last Command* really has none of it, and we witness the full range of Jannings' performance as the brutish, high-energy general to the shell-shocked ghost of himself in this picture. An excellent supporting cast in William Powell and Evelyn Brent lift this film even more as we are lead through the general's flashback to how he became the way he is. The amazing lead performance and film comes to a close with an unforgettable ending.
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    • Release date
      • January 21, 1928 (United States)
      • United States
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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