In the sinister mystery 'Schloß Vogelöd', terrible secrets from the past threaten a group of aristocrats' gathering at a country manor. In the delirious 'Phantom', an aspiring poet's chance encounter with a beautiful woman leads into obsession and deception. The delightful 'Die Finanzen des Großherzogs' sees a rakish-but-impoverished duke setting out to rebuild his fortune via blissfully comic high adventure on the Mediterranean coast. In 'Der Letzte Mann', one of the undisputed masterpieces of the silent era, Emil Jannings gives an overwhelming performance as a hotel porter with dreams of a higher station in life, and was a stylistic breakthrough for both Murnau and cinema in general. Finally, the slyly satiric 'Tartuffe' features Jannings as Molière's iconic creation in a morality tale film-within-a-film as only Murnau could conceive.
The Language of the Shadows: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and His Films, a 31 -minute video piece by Luciano Berriatua on the early works of Murnau
Audio commentary by film scholar David Kalat on Die Finanzen des Grofherzogs
The Making of The Last Laugh, a 41 -minute documentary by Murnau expert Luciano Berriatua Tartuffe: The Lost Film, a 37-minutc documentary by Berriatua
What Will You Be Tomorrow?, a new video essav by critic and filmmaker David Cairns
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following:
- The Last Laugh (1924)
- Special Features
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following:
- Tartuffe (1925)
- Special Features
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following:
- Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
- Phantom (1922)
- The Haunted Castle (1921)
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