The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh (, ) is a 1924 German silent film directed by German director F. W. Murnau from a screenplay written by Carl Mayer. The film stars Emil Jannings and Maly Delschaft.
Plot
Jannings' character is a doorman for a famous hotel, who takes great pride in his work and position. His uncaring manager decides that the doorman is getting too old and feeble to present the image of the hotel, and so demotes him to a less demanding job, of washroom attendant. He tries to conceal his demotion from his friends and family but, to his shame, he is discovered. His friends and neighbors, thinking he has lied to them all along about his prestigious job, taunt him mercilessly while his family rejects him out of shame. The doorman, shocked and in incredible grief, returns to the hotel to sleep in the washroom where he works. The only person to be kind towards him is the night watchman, who covers him with his coat as he falls asleep.
More details
| author | Carl Mayer |
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| contentLocation | Berlin |
| director | F. W. Murnau |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | eccentric millionaire end inherit night watchman old man their way think |
| musicBy | Giuseppe Becce Werner Schmidt-Boelcke |
| producer | Erich Pommer |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | silent |