Eureka Entertainment to release Josef von Sternberg’s THE LAST COMMAND in a Dual Format edition as part of the Masters of Cinema series on 16 May 2016
Josef von Sternberg’s witty send-up of the Hollywood machine, starring the Academy Award winning Emil JanningsEmil Jannings stars in the film which won the first ever Academy Award for best Actor for his role in this stunning early masterpiece from director Josef von Sternberg (The Blue Angel). An exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra (Emil Jannings, in an incredibly passionate performance) is chosen by a former adversary (William Powell) to play a role that resembles his former self and gradually loses his grip on reality. Equally a sharp witted satire of the Hollywood machine