# The Last Laugh (1924)

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**Original title**: *Der letzte Mann*
**Runtime**: 90 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: F. W. Murnau
**Written by**: Carl Mayer
**Starring**: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Hans Unterkircher, Hermann Vallentin, Emilie Kurz

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Vaudeville meets silent cinema as one man’s hat-tipping gig turns into the city’s cruelest stand-up routine. A hall porter fired for age loses his status and income then learns applause is a luxury. The first feature shot entirely in Hollywood by a German with no intertitles.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, gut-punch, slow-burn

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