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The Last Man (1955 film)

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'The Last Man' 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.Hake p. 22728

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 Gebhr as Till / Pikkolo

* Heini Gbel as Onkel Max

* Walter Gross as Kellner Otto

* Peter Lhr 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

* as Der alte Krger

* Peter Horn

* Karl Maria Schley as Kellner Eugen

* Gert Westphal

* Karl-Georg Saebisch as Jonas, der Kellner

* Peter Martin Urtel

References



Bibliography



* Hake, Sabine. 'Popular Cinema of the Third Reich'. University of Texas Press, 2001.


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