The Kaiser's Lackey

The Kaiser's Lackey

1951 de 109 minutes

Rating: 6.5

Plot

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...

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Cast

Werner Peters

Werner Peters

Diederich Heßling

Paul Esser

Paul Esser

Regierungspräsident von Wulckow

Blandine Ebinger

Blandine Ebinger

Frau von Wulckow

Renate Fischer

Renate Fischer

Guste Daimchen

Carola Braunbock

Carola Braunbock

Emmi Heßling

Emmy Burg

Emmy Burg

Magda Heßling

Sabine Thalbach

Sabine Thalbach

Agnes Göppel

Friedel Nowack

Friedel Nowack

Mrs. Göpel

Friedrich Maurer

Friedrich Maurer

Göpel

Erich Nadler

Erich Nadler

Father Heßling

Gertrud Bergmann

Gertrud Bergmann

Mother Heßling

Ernst Legal

Ernst Legal

Zillich

Raimund Schelcher

Raimund Schelcher

Dr. Wolfgang Buck

Eduard von Winterstein

Eduard von Winterstein

Buck sen.

Hannsgeorg Laubenthal

Hannsgeorg Laubenthal

Mahlmann

Friedrich Gnaß

Friedrich Gnaß

Napoleon Fischer

Wolfgang Kühne

Wolfgang Kühne

Dr. Mennicke

Fritz Staudte

Fritz Staudte

Kühlemann

Wolfgang Heise

Wolfgang Heise

von Brietzen

Axel Triebel

Axel Triebel

Major Kunze

Arthur Schröder

Arthur Schröder

Landgerichtsdirektor

Paul Mederow

Paul Mederow

Dr. Heuteufel

Friedrich Richter

Friedrich Richter

Lauer

Heinz Keuneke

Heinz Keuneke

Gottlieb Hornung

Ernst Wehlau

Ernst Wehlau

Sötbier

Antje Ruge

Antje Ruge

Virgin of Orleans

Kurt-Otto Fritsch

Kurt-Otto Fritsch

Young Worker

Viola Recklies

Viola Recklies

Young Worker

Oskar Höcker

Oskar Höcker

Fritzsche

Georg August Koch

Georg August Koch

Medizinalrat

Martin Rickelt

Martin Rickelt

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