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1955 film
The Last Man
Directed byHarald Braun
Written by
Produced byGeorg Richter
Starring
CinematographyRichard Angst
Edited byHilwa von Boro
Music byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
company		Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by
Release date
  • 14 October 1955 (1955-10-14)
Running time105 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Last Man (German: Der letzte Mann) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring Hans Albers, Romy Schneider and Rudolf Forster. The film is a remake of the 1924 Weimar silent The Last Laugh, with the setting updated to post-war Germany.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Baden-Baden. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Herlth and Robert Herlth.

Synopsis

A hotel employee loses his sense of self-respect when he is demoted.

Cast

References

  1. Hake p. 227–28

Bibliography

  • Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

Films directed by Harald Braun


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