The last command (DVD) [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; [presented by] Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky ; directed by Josef von Sternberg ; associate producer, B.P. Schulberg ; Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation ; story by Lajos Biro ; screenplay by John F. Goodrich.
Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond, Nicholas Soussanin, Michael Visaroff, Fritz Feld. Originally produced in 1928 as a silent motion picture. Released as part of the box set: 3 silent classics by Josef Von Sternberg. Special features: About the score by Robert Israel, performed by Alloy Orchestra; "Von Sternberg till '29" visual essay by critic Tag Gallagher.
Summary:
An exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra lands a role playing a version of his former czarist self, bringing about his emotional downfall.
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