“The Last Command,” a 1928 silent film drama that won Emil Jannings Best Actor honors at the first Academy Awards, will be screened with live music on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St. in Wilton.

The screening, the latest in the venue's silent film series, will feature live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who specializes in creating music for silent films.

“The Last Command,” directed by Josef von Sternberg, tells the story of a powerful general in Czarist Russia (Jannings) forced to flee his homeland during the Bolshevik Revolution. He emigrates to America, where he is reduced to living in poverty. Finding work as an extra at a Hollywood studio, the former general lands the part of a commanding officer in a movie about the revolution, causing flashbacks to his traumatic experiences.

The film takes audiences on a journey through issues of history, time, power and a man's duty to his country and to his fellow citizens – and what happens when the two obligations diverge. The film also stars a young William Powell as a Hollywood movie director who crosses paths with the general during the revolution, and 1920s starlet Evelyn Brent as a seductive Russian revolutionary.

Admission is free, although donations of $10 per person are suggested to defray expenses. For information, call 603-654-3456.