Plot
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
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Cast
Ulrich Mühe
Theodor Lohse
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Benjamin Lenz
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Baron von Rastchuk
Andrea Jonasson
Rahel Efrussi
Agnes Fink
Mutter Lohse
Hans Korte
Geheimrat Hugenberg
Hark Bohm
Dada-Künstler
Horst Sachtleben
Kommissar
Joachim Bliese
Staatssekretär Hilper
Elisabeth Endriss
Anna
Ullrich Haupt
Baron von Köckwitz
András Fricsay
Klitsche
Ernst Stötzner
Günter
Peter Roggisch
Prinz Heinrich
Rolf Henniger
Aaron Efrussi
Kyra Mladeck
Frau von Köckwitz
Klaus Abramowsky
Literat
Martin Umbach
Schlomje
Alfred Hrdlicka
Klaften
Marquard Bohm
Roter
Irm Hermann
Gefangene
Herbert Tennigkeit
Oberst Pauli
Norbert Schwientek
Pisk
Rainer Rudolph
Otto von Köckwitz
Bernhard Wicki
Herr Waizenbaum
Rainer Penkert
Herr von Badewitz