Der Letzte Mann
By: Ein Film der F.W. Murnau ; in der Hauptrolle, Emil Jannings ; Regie, F.W. Murnau
Contributors: Mayer, Carl, 1894-1944, screenwriter; Pommer, Erich, 1889-1966, producer; Delschaft, Maly, actor; Hiller, Max, actor; Kurz, Emilie, -1934, actor; Brock, Timothy, composer; Becce, Giuseppe, 1877-1973, composer; Glanert, Detlev, arranger of music; Mirowitz, Sheldon, artistic director; Berriatúa, Luciano, 1949- restorationist; Blot-Wellens, Camille, restorationist; Berklee Silent Film Orchestra; Olympia Chamber Orchestra; UFA (Firm); Kino Classics (Firm); Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
Edition: Disc 1: Restored German version ; disc 2: Unrestored export version.
Published: 2017
Language: ger
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Drama; Millionaires; Age discrimination in employment; Hotel doorkeepers
Other titles: Last laugh
Work titles: Letzte Mann (Motion picture : 1924)
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1924.

Bonus features include: Audio commentary by film historian Noah Isenberg and a 40-minute documentary, "The Last Laugh : the Making of."

Written by Carl Mayer ; directed by F.W. Murnau ; produced by Erich Pommer for Union Film, UFA.

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.

Reconstruction and restoration for German version by Luciano Berriatúa and Camille Blot-Wellens, in association with Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden.

Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm, Hermann Vallentin, Georg John, Enny Wyda.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; 2.0 stereo; anamorphic (1.33:1)

German intertitles with optional English subtitles.