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Emil Jannings won the first best actor Academy Award for his performance as a sympathetic tyrant: an exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra who lands a role playing a version of his former tsarist self, bringing about his emotional downfall. Josef von Sternberg’s The Last Command is a brilliantly realized silent melodrama and a witty send-up of the Hollywood machine, featuring virtuoso cinematography, grandly designed sets and effects, and rousing Russian Revolution sequences. Towering above it all is the passionate, heartbreaking Jannings, whose portrayal of a man losing his grip on reality is one for the history books.
Original Release
01/21/1928
US Release
01/21/1928
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Emil Jannings | Grand Duke Sergius Alexander / Gen. Dolgorucki |
Evelyn Brent | Natalie Dabrova / Natalie Dobrova |
William Powell | Lev Andreyev / Leo Andreyev - The Director |
Jack Raymond | The Assistant |
Nicholas Soussanin | The Adjutant |
Michael Visaroff | Serge (the valet) / The Bodyguard |
Fritz Feld | A Revolutionist |
Harry Cording | Revolutionist |
Shep Houghton | Russian Youth |
Alexander Ikonnikov | Drillmaster |
Directors
Writers
Josef von Sternberg, Lajos Biró, John F. Goodrich, Ernst Lubitsch, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Cast
Name | Character |
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Emil Jannings | Grand Duke Sergius Alexander / Gen. Dolgorucki |
Evelyn Brent | Natalie Dabrova / Natalie Dobrova |
William Powell | Lev Andreyev / Leo Andreyev - The Director |
Jack Raymond | The Assistant |
Nicholas Soussanin | The Adjutant |
Michael Visaroff | Serge (the valet) / The Bodyguard |
Fritz Feld | A Revolutionist |
Harry Cording | Revolutionist |
Shep Houghton | Russian Youth |
Alexander Ikonnikov | Drillmaster |
Nicholas Kobliansky | Drillmaster |
Guy Oliver | Wardrobe Attendant |
Sam Savitsky | Russian Staff Officer |
Harry Semels | Soldier - Movie Extra |
Robert Wilber | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jesse L. Lasky | Producer |
Adolph Zukor | Producer |
B.P. Schulberg | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1929 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
1929 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |
1929 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |