The Last Laugh
August Auteurs
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1h 30m
Directed by F. W. Murnau • Silent • 1924 • Germany • German with English intertitles
Starring Emil Jannings
One of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement, F. W. 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 had for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride.
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