The Last Laugh (1924) | Directed by F. W. Murnau - Full Movie

An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.

The Last Laugh (German: Der letzte Mann, transl. The Last Man) is a 1924 German silent film directed by German director F. W. Murnau from a screenplay written by Carl Mayer. The film stars Emil Jannings and Maly Delschaft.

Stephen Brockmann summarized the film's plot as, "a nameless hotel doorman loses his job" It is a cinematic example of the Kammerspielfilm or "chamber-drama" genre, which follows the style of short, sparse plays of lower middle-class life that emphasized the psychology of the characters rather than the sets and action. The genre tried to avoid the intertitles (title cards) of spoken dialogue or description that characterize most silent films, in the belief that the visuals themselves should carry most of the meaning.

Directed by: F. W. Murnau
Screenplay by: Carl Mayer
Produced by: Erich Pommer
Starring: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller
Cinematography: Karl Freund
Music by: Giuseppe Becce
Production company: UFA
Distributed by: UFA, Universal Pictures (USA)
Release date: 23 December 1924 (Germany), 4 January 1925 (United States)
Running time: 90 minutes
Country: Germany