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The last command /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1910D | The Criterion CollectionCC1908D | Criterion Collection (set)Original language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 528. | Criterion collection ; 530.Publication details: [United States] : Criterion Collection, ©2010.Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + guide (95 pages), 19 cmContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781604652918
  • 1604652918
  • 9781604652901
  • 160465290X
Other title:
  • Released as part of the box set: 3 silent classics by Josef Von Sternberg
  • Originally released as part of a box set also known as: Three silent classics by Josef Von Sternberg
Uniform titles:
  • Last command (Motion picture : 1928)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .L378 2010
Online resources:
Partial contents:
Special features: Choice of musical scores: composed and conducted by Robert Israel (2010 for The Criterion Collection) or composed and performed by Alloy Orchestra (premiered at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival) ; Von Sternberg till '29 (ca. 35 min. ; written, directed, & narrated by Tag Gallagher ; ©2010 The Criterion Collection) ; Accompanying guide includes: Essay on the film (Illusions and Delusions / by Anton Kaes), essays by two of the score composers (Robert Israel, and Ken Winokur of Alloy Orchestra), and profile of Emil Jannings written by Josef von Sternberg (from Fun in a Chinese laundry, 1965).
Production credits:
  • Photographed by Bert Glennon ; edited by William Shea.
Awards:
  • Named to the National Film Registry in 2006 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Emil Jannings), 1929 Academy Awards (USA) ; Nominee, Best Writing, Original Story (Lajos Biró), 1929 Academy Awards (USA).
Cast: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond, Nicholas Soussanin, Michael Visaroff, Fritz Feld.Summary: An exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra lands a role playing a version of his former czarist self, bringing about his emotional downfall.
Holdings
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-01889 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050165211

Originally produced in 1928 as a silent motion picture.

Released as part of the box set: 3 silent classics by Josef Von Sternberg.

Special features: Choice of musical scores: composed and conducted by Robert Israel (2010 for The Criterion Collection) or composed and performed by Alloy Orchestra (premiered at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival) ; Von Sternberg till '29 (ca. 35 min. ; written, directed, & narrated by Tag Gallagher ; ©2010 The Criterion Collection) ; Accompanying guide includes: Essay on the film (Illusions and Delusions / by Anton Kaes), essays by two of the score composers (Robert Israel, and Ken Winokur of Alloy Orchestra), and profile of Emil Jannings written by Josef von Sternberg (from Fun in a Chinese laundry, 1965).

DVD ; region 1, NTSC ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.

Silent film with English intertitles and accompanying musical score.

Named to the National Film Registry in 2006 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Emil Jannings), 1929 Academy Awards (USA) ; Nominee, Best Writing, Original Story (Lajos Biró), 1929 Academy Awards (USA).

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