The Last Command
Josef von Sternberg's parody of Hollywood toadyism and arrogance.
A former Czarist general, reduced to movie extra, is cast in a film of his own career, directed by a former Bolshevik, once his prisoner. A set-piece attack on the general's train, and his rescue by the revolutionary who loves him, is carried off with enormous flair. The parody of Hollywood toadyism and arrogance shows von Sternberg already snapping at the hand that fed him.
| Director | Josef Von Sternberg |
| Cast | Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell |
| Country | USA |
| Year | 1928 |
| Running time | 96min |
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