The film didn't ring a bell, so I did a Yahoo search under "German movies" and "doorman." It elicited the following website that has brief descriptions of German movies by title, director, and also lists actors.
http://www.csuchico.edu/flng/german/films.htm
I believe this movie listed below is what you are remembering. Frankly, it sounds about as cut-your-throat depressing as "Der Blaue Engel." (g) Viel Spass dabei!
7. The Last Laugh by F. Murnau, 1924, 91 min.
One of the major works of German silent cinema, Murnau's class drama depicts the fall of the respected, aging, hotel doorman (Emil Jannings) of a posh Berlin hotel, who is cruelly stripped of his position and reduced to a bathroom attendant. The film was ground- breaking for its expressive, mobile camera work, which imparts information visually, without subtitles. "The camera on a trolley glides, rises, zooms, or weaves where the story takes it. The camera takes part in the action and becomes a character in the drama" (Marcel Carne). With Max Hiller, Maly Delschaft and Hans Unterkirchen.
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Date: 2004-06-29 01:47 pm (UTC)http://www.csuchico.edu/flng/german/films.htm
I believe this movie listed below is what you are remembering. Frankly, it sounds about as cut-your-throat depressing as "Der Blaue Engel." (g) Viel Spass dabei!
7. The Last Laugh
by F. Murnau, 1924, 91 min.
One of the major works of German silent cinema, Murnau's class drama depicts the fall of the respected, aging, hotel doorman (Emil Jannings) of a posh Berlin hotel, who is cruelly stripped of his position and reduced to a bathroom attendant. The film was ground- breaking for its expressive, mobile camera work, which imparts information visually, without subtitles. "The camera on a trolley glides, rises, zooms, or weaves where the story takes it. The camera takes part in the action and becomes a character in the drama" (Marcel Carne). With Max Hiller, Maly Delschaft and Hans Unterkirchen.