The Kaiser's Lackey

Synopsis

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. His life motto now runs: bow to those at the top and tread on those below. In this way, he always succeeds: as a student in a duel-fighting student fraternity and as a businessman in a paper factory. He cajoles the obese district administrative president Von Wulkow and wins his favor. He slanders his financial rivals and hatches a plot with the social democrats in the town council. On his honeymoon with his rich wife Guste, he finally finds a chance to do his beloved Kaiser a favor. And when a memorial to the Kaiser is unveiled in the town where Diederich lives and works, he delivers the address. He stands behind the lectern in the pouring rain, saluting his Kaiser. The crowd is dispersed. Everything is laid in ruins...

Main Cast

Werner Peters

Diederich Heßling

Age : 52 | Popularity : 5%

Paul Esser

Regierungspräsident von Wulckow

Age : 74 | Popularity : 5%

Blandine Ebinger

Frau von Wulckow

Age : 104 | Popularity : 3%

Renate Fischer

Guste Daimchen

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Carola Braunbock

Emmi Heßling

Age : 54 | Popularity : 4%

Emmy Burg

Magda Heßling

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Sabine Thalbach

Agnes Göppel

Age : 34 | Popularity : 3%

Friedel Nowack

Mrs. Göpel

Age : 86 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Robert Baberske
Writing	Novel	Heinrich Mann
	Screenplay	Wolfgang Staudte Fritz Staudte
Directing	Director	Wolfgang Staudte
Editing	Editor	Johanna Rosinski
Sound	Music	Horst Hans Sieber
Department	Role	Name

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