The Last Command

1928 88 min ★ 7.3 Drama, History, War

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

Cast

Emil Jannings

Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

Evelyn Brent

Natalie Dabrova

William Powell

Lev Andreyev

Jack Raymond

Assistant director

Nicholas Soussanin

The adjutant

Michael Visaroff

Serge (the valet)

Fritz Feld

A revolutionist

Harry Cording

Revolutionist (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Russian Youth (uncredited)

Alexander Ikonnikov

Drillmaster (uncredited)

Details

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Paramount Pictures, Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 6, 2022

★ 7/10

Emil Jannings is masterful in this depiction of an elderly gentleman selected by an Hollywood director (William Powell) to play the part of a Russian general in a film. When he arrives on set, his colleagues tease him about a medal he is wearing. He proceeds to tell them it was given to him by Czar Nicholas II himself, and after a bit of playful derision, they return the medal and the "General" fi...