The Last Command (1928)

William Powell: Leo Andreyev - The Director

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Quotes 

• Gen. Dolgorucki : So you two are serving your country - - by *acting*! A fine patriotic service - when Russia is fighting for her life!

  [signals to Lev to come forward] 

  Gen. Dolgorucki : Why are you not in uniform?

  Lev Andreyev : My lungs are weak.

  Gen. Dolgorucki : [blows cigarette smoke into Lev's face]  Perhaps it is your *courage* that is weak!

  Lev Andreyev : It doesn't require courage to send others to battle and death.

  [the angry Duke uses his crop to whip Andreyev across the face] 

• Lev Andreyev : [about the Duke]  Let him strut a little longer. His days are numbered!

  Natalie : The days of *all* who are dragging Russia down are numbered!

• Lev Andreyev : The same coat, the same uniform, the same man... only the times have changed!

• Lev Andreyev : He was more than a great actor - he was a great man.