The Last Man (1955 film)

The Last Man (Der letzte Mann) 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.

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.

Synopsis
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
 * Heinrich Hauser (actor) as Der alte Krüger
 * Peter Horn
 * Karl Maria Schley as Kellner Eugen
 * Gert Westphal
 * Karl-Georg Saebisch as Jonas, der Kellner
 * Peter Martin Urtel