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1928

The Last Command

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

Credits

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Producers

Adolph Zukor , B.P. Schulberg , Jesse L. Lasky

Writers

Josef von Sternberg , Lajos Biró , John F. Goodrich , Herman J. Mankiewicz , Ernst Lubitsch

Cinematographer

Bert Glennon

Editor

William Shea

Costume Design

Travis Banton

Cast

Emil Jannings , Evelyn Brent , William Powell , Jack Raymond , Nicholas Soussanin , Michael Visaroff , Fritz Feld , Harry Cording , Shep Houghton , Alexander Ikonnikov

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Genres

Romance Drama History War

External

IMDb Amazon

Posters

5
The Last Command (1928) movie poster
The Last Command (1928) movie poster
The Last Command (1928) movie poster
The Last Command (1928) movie poster
The Last Command (1928) movie poster

Awards

1 win, 2 nominations
Won Best Actor Emil Jannings 1927/28
Nom Best Original Story Lajos Biró 1927/28

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