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Der Letzte Mann The Last Laugh F.W. Murnau [videorecording] =

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSummary language: English Original language: German Subtitle language: German, English Publication details: Germany Universum Film (UFA) 1924Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) silent, black & white. 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • The Last Laugh
Uniform titles:
  • The Last Laugh
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .L489 1924
Summary: From case cover: One of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's The Last Laugh stars Emil Jannings as an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which has for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride. Through Jannings's colossal performance, The Last Laugh becomes more than the plight of a single doorman, but a mournful dramatization of the frustration and anguish of the universal working class.
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DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C PN1997 .L489 1924 d.1 Available Restored German version. Silent film with German intertitles and English subtitles. 000983
DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C PN1997 .L489 1924 d.2 Available Unrestored Export version. Silent film with German intertitles and English subtitles. 000984

Disc 1: Restored German version of the film with the original 1924 score by Giuseppe Becce.
Disc 2: Unrestored export version of the film with the 1993 score by Timothy Brock.

From case cover:
One of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's The Last Laugh stars Emil Jannings as an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which has for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride. Through Jannings's colossal performance, The Last Laugh becomes more than the plight of a single doorman, but a mournful dramatization of the frustration and anguish of the universal working class.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Regions 1-8; 4:3 fullscreen.

Silent film with German intertitles and English subtitles.

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