{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f763709fe6a496844833937/6158d0ae86d0280013de6d2c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 15 - The Last Laugh (Part 1)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f763709fe6a496844833937/1744983347168-0bc24cdf-b8b0-4340-9e11-b27373b81c50.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>Der Letzte Mann </em>(released as The Last Laugh in the USA), directed by F.W. Murnau, is well known for its 'unbounded' moving camera techniques. The film has now been re-issued within a boxset by Eureka Masters of Cinema. Dominic and Steven examine this German silent film across two episodes, beginning with the sympathetic story of a hotel porter stripped of his rank and community status in an archetypal 1920s modern European city. Part of a mini-series on the mobile camera (episodes 14-17).</p>","author_name":"Dominic Lash and Steven Roberts"}