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.Hake p. 227–28
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.
Plot
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 as Kellner Eugen Gert Westphal Karl-Georg Saebisch as Jonas, der Kellner Martin Urtel
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