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.[1]
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
- Hans Albers as Karl Knesebeck
- Romy Schneider as Niddy Hoevelmann
- Rudolf Forster as Herr Claasen
- Joachim Fuchsberger as Alwin Radspieler
- Camilla Spira as Sabine Hoevelmann
- Michael Heltau as Helmuth Buehler
- Michael Gebühr as Till / Pikkolo
- Heini Göbel as Onkel Max
- Walter Gross as Kellner Otto
- Peter Lühr as Onkel Udo
- Willy Stettner as Friseur Popp
- Milena von Eckhardt as Kellner Eugen
- Sabine Hahn
- Ursula von Reibnitz as Tante Alma
- Charlotte Witthauer as Tante Elsbeth
- Paul Bahlke as Kellner Enrico
- Franz Essel as Empfangschef Pichler
- Heinrich Hauser as Der alte Krüger
- Peter Horn
- Karl Maria Schley as Kellner Eugen
- Gert Westphal
- Karl-Georg Saebisch as Jonas, der Kellner
- Peter Martin Urtel
References
- ^ Hake p. 227–28
Bibliography
- Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
External links
- The Last Man at IMDb
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