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