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The Last Command( 1928)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Emil Jannings

      Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

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      Evelyn Brent

      Natalie Dabrova

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      William Powell

      Lev Andreyev

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      Jack Raymond

      Assistant director

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      Nicholas Soussanin

      The adjutant

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      Michael Visaroff

      Serge (the valet)

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      Fritz Feld

      A revolutionist

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      Harry Cording

      Revolutionist (uncredited)

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      Shep Houghton

      Russian Youth (uncredited)

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      Alexander Ikonnikov

      Drillmaster (uncredited)

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      Nicholas Kobliansky

      Drillmaster (uncredited)

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      Guy Oliver

      Wardrobe Attendant (uncredited)

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      Sam Savitsky

      A Private (uncredited)

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      Harry Semels

      A Soldier (uncredited)

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      Robert Wilber

      Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    Emil Jannings is masterful in this depiction of an elderly gentleman selected by an Hollywood director (William Powell) to play the part of a Russian general in a film. When he arrives on set, his colleagues tease him about a medal he is wearing. He proceeds to tell them it was given to him by Czar Nicholas II himself, and after a bit of playful derision, they return the medal and the "General" finds himself looking into the mirror of his make-up box whence he drifts into a retrospective of his true self - the commanding General Grand Duke Sergius Alexander, cousin to the Czar and the man in ch...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • hollywood
    • black and white
    • silent film
    • russian revolution (1917)
    • bolshevik
    • train wreck