The Last Command (1928)

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Genre

drama film, silent film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former Russian general humiliates himself as an extra in Hollywood films. He is cast to play a role that forces him to confront his revolutionary past.

melancholicslow-burnvisualbittersweetdignifiedreflectivepoignantintimate

What happens

The Last Command is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, and written by John F. Goodrich and Herman J. Mankiewicz from a story by Lajos Bíró. The film stars Emil Jannings, who won the first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 1929 ceremony for his performances in this film and The Way of All Flesh, the only year multiple roles were considered. Evelyn Brent and William Powell co-star. In 2006, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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