The Last Laugh

Name: The Last Laugh
Duration: 1 h 28 min

1hr 28m

1hr 28m
3.5/5 (286)
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Ferne Pearlstein

Producer:

Steven Bennett, Adrienne Collatos, Jamie Lauren Davis

Writer:

Robert Edwards, Ferne Pearlstein

Runtime:

1hr 28m

Cast

Renee Firestone
Klara Firestone
Gilbert Gottfried
Rob Reiner
Mel Brooks
Judy Gold
Sarah Silverman
Carl Reiner
Robert Clary
Etgar Keret

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3.5

Dec 14, 2020

We can never truly vanquish the demons in our collective memory of such unimaginable trauma, but there’s some strength and solace in finding light even in the darkest corners of our culture. It’s an individual choice - to laugh or to cry - but the key is that we can make…

61 Likes

Will Steele

Mar 9, 2021

"You know I speak about the Holocaust all the time, but I enjoy life. I'm so happy that I have 3 great-grandchildren. Could Hitler imagine that I will survive and I have 3 great-grandchildren? I mean, that's my revenge.

59 Likes

audy🐏

Jun 5, 2026

Gilbert Gottfried saying that 'Life is Beautiful' puts the HA in HOLOCAUST should be on it's poster

26 Likes

Nerozero
Oct 8, 2018

"Tragedy plus time equals comedy. And I thought, why wait?" An excellent and thought-provoking documentary about whether any subject, specifically the Holocaust, is taboo when it comes to humour. This came to mind very recently when the Talking Pictures TV channel…

37 Likes

loureviews

Apr 26, 2017

"You can't tell a crappy joke about the biggest tragedy in the world. You can't do it." --comedian Judy Gold Consider that this documentary, about the touchy subject of humor and the Holocaust, opens with "Hitler on Ice" from History of the World: Part I. That it includes…

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Craig J. Clark

Mar 14, 2025

This was one of those docs that start to ramble on about the same stuff over and over again. Sorry to be that guy but this should have been a short.

18 Likes

Sol
May 20, 2023

This month is Jewish American Heritage Month, and unfortunately the Holocaust is a significant part of our heritage and history. But we shouldn’t let that define us as a culture, as a people. We shouldn’t let it take away our freedom to be ourselves, and a large part of…

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NoahStark16

Aug 30, 2017

"Life Is Beautiful is the worst movie ever made" – Mel Brooks. I highlighted this film in this week's issue of the Village Voice.

11 Likes

KYK

Sep 3, 2017

Is it still too dangerous to make jokes about the Holocaust? How about 9/11? This documentary gathered several amazing comedians (among them Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried and more than a dozen others) to try to answer these questions with…

9 Likes

Ken Rudolph

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Mar 24, 2017

At a time when many of us look to comedy to keep us sane, the question is especially pertinent, although the answers here aren’t especially penetrating.

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is The Last Laugh?

The movie is 1hr 28min long.

Who's the cast of The Last Laugh?

Renee Firestone as Herself
Klara Firestone as Herself
Gilbert Gottfried as Himself
Rob Reiner as Himself
Mel Brooks as Himself
Judy Gold as Herself
Sarah Silverman as Herself
Carl Reiner as Himself
Robert Clary as Himself
Etgar Keret as Himself

Who's the director behind The Last Laugh?

Ferne Pearlstein directed The Last Laugh.

Who produced The Last Laugh?

Steven Bennett, Adrienne Collatos and Jamie Lauren Davis produced The Last Laugh.