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Hotelportier [hotel porter]
Seine nichte [his niece]
Ihr bräutigam [her bridgroom]

Junger gast [young guest]
Critic Reviews for The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann)
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Karl Freund's ground-breaking and historically important cinematography can still take the breath away.
April 27, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
The 1924 film in which F.W. Murnau freed his camera from its stationary tripod and took it on a flight of imagination and expression that changed the way movies were made.
April 27, 2009 | Full Review… -
The Last Laugh can really best be understood as a horror story.
September 23, 2008 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
There are no titles in this film -- merely a few inserts to guide the viewer. And yet one is never in doubt as to the action of this admirable picture, which is a remarkable piece of direction, with exquisite lighting effects.
March 25, 2006 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
The film would be famous just for its lack of titles, and for its lead performance by Emil Jannings, which is so effective that both Jannings and Murnau were offered Hollywood contracts and moved to America at the dawn of sound.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
From Murnau's inventive visual storytelling to Jannings' wonderful performance, The Last Laugh is the perfect film to begin one's journey into the world of Weimar cinema.
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Audience Reviews for The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann)
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Sep 25, 2011Silent German character study with a masterfully tragic performance from Emil Jannings and innovative tracking camerawork by F W Murnau. Emotionally gripping and the story still resonates. The ending is very absurdly deus ex machina though. Probably one of the defining early works of European cinema and, along with Nosferatu, Tabu, Sunrise, and Faust, validates F W Murnau as the sole creative genius behind German Expressionism. 98/100Simeon D Super Reviewer
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Nov 12, 2010Great lighting and high contrast German silent film. It's a nice slice of life in 1924 Berlin. The famous director F.W. Murnau evokes many emotions. It's a work of art to look at. It feels really long and is sad. I felt sorry for the old walrus-moustached hotel doorman who lost his proud position.Lafe F Super Reviewer
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Sep 03, 2010A brilliant movie with great actors, director, and story. A classic.Aj V Super Reviewer
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Dec 16, 2008[font=Century Gothic]With exquisite production design to accentuate the vast differences between the worlds of the luxury hotel and working classes, "The Last Laugh," directed by F. W. Murnau, is a heartbreaking movie about a hotel porter(Emil Jannings) who has been working for the same hotel for decades and takes great pride in doing his job. For him, his work is simply everything. On a day like any other, he takes a heavy trunk off an automobile unassisted in a driving rain storm. It is only understandable that after such an arduous task that he requires a little breather afterwards. But the hotel manager(Hans Unterkircher) does not see it the same way, replacing the porter with a younger man the next day and demoting the former porter out of sight downstairs to attend to the restroom. Like so many, he is simply pushed to the side at the end of his career.[/font]Walter M Super Reviewer
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