
Arsenal(1929)
A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.


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.

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)
The Last Command is a drama, history, war, romance film released in 1928 exploring themes of hollywood, black and white, silent film, russian revolution (1917), bolshevik, train wreck. Directed by Josef von Sternberg, it stars Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell. 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.
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