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7.3A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Cast
- Emil Jannings as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
- Evelyn Brent as Natalie Dabrova
- William Powell as Lev Andreyev
- Jack Raymond as Assistant director
- Nicholas Soussanin as The adjutant
- Michael Visaroff as Serge (the valet)
Themes
- romance
- hollywood
- black and white
- silent film
- russian revolution (1917)
- bolshevik
- train wreck
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Josef von Sternberg
- Written by
- John F. Goodrich Herman J. Mankiewicz (titles)
- Story by
- Lajos Bíró Josef von Sternberg
- Produced by
- Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
- Starring
- Emil Jannings Evelyn Brent William Powell
- Cinematography
- Bert Glennon
- Edited by
- William Shea
- Production company
- Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- January 22, 1928 ( 1928-01-22 )
- Running time
- 85 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- Silent , English intertitles
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 167921
- Image
- The Last Command (1928 film) poster.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Last Command
- publication date
- 1928-01-01
- title
- The Last Command
- public domain date
- 2024-01-01
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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.