Drama ·History ·War · United States of America · 1928 · 1h 28m

The Last Command

The Last Command poster
Director
Josef von Sternberg
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)
Crew
Bert Glennon — Director of Photography William Shea — Editor John F. Goodrich — Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz — Writer Ernst Lubitsch — Writer Josef von Sternberg — Story
Synopsis

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

Mood & Themes
romancehollywoodblack and whitesilent filmrussian revolution (1917)bolsheviktrain wreck
Key Collaborators
Josef von Sternberg Director Bert Glennon Director of Photography William Shea Editor John F. Goodrich Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer Ernst Lubitsch Writer Josef von Sternberg Story Lajos Biró Story Adolph Zukor Producer B.P. Schulberg Producer Jesse L. Lasky Producer Travis Banton Costume Design
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