The Last Man (1955 film)

The Last Man (German: Der letzte Mann) 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.^[1]

The Last Man
Directed by	Harald Braun
Written by	George Hurdalek Herbert Witt
Produced by	Georg Richter
Starring	Hans Albers Romy Schneider Rudolf Forster Joachim Fuchsberger
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Hilwa von Boro
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih (W.Germany) Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date	14 October 1955 (1955-10-14)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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 Gebühr as Till / Pikkolo
• Heini Göbel as Onkel Max
• Walter Gross as Kellner Otto
• Peter Lühr 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
• Heinrich Hauser [de] as Der alte Krüger
• Peter Horn
• Karl Maria Schley as Kellner Eugen
• Gert Westphal
• Karl-Georg Saebisch as Jonas, der Kellner
• Peter Martin Urtel

References

1. Hake p. 227–28

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Last Man at IMDb
• The Last Man at AllMovie