The Last Command
DramaHistoryWarromancehollywoodblack and whitesilent filmrussian revolution (1917)bolsheviktrain wreck
A poignant silent-era drama about displacement and lost status, where a fallen Russian aristocrat finds unexpected connection and redemption through cinema and romance in Hollywood exile.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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)
Nicholas Kobliansky
Drillmaster (uncredited)
Guy Oliver
Wardrobe Attendant (uncredited)
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