The Kaiser's Lackey
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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...
Release Date : 1951-08-31
Language :German
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : DEFA
Production Country : East Germany
Alternative Titles : Man of StrawThe Subject
Cast
Character Name : Diederich Heßling
Original Name : Werner Peters
Gender : Male
Character Name : Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
Original Name : Paul Esser
Gender : Male
Character Name : Frau von Wulckow
Original Name : Blandine Ebinger
Gender : Female
Character Name : Guste Daimchen
Original Name : Renate Fischer
Gender : Female
Character Name : Emmi Heßling
Original Name : Carola Braunbock
Gender : Female
Character Name : Magda Heßling
Original Name : Emmy Burg
Gender : Female
Character Name : Agnes Göppel
Original Name : Sabine Thalbach
Gender : Female
Character Name : Mrs. Göpel
Original Name : Friedel Nowack
Gender : Female
Character Name : Göpel
Original Name : Friedrich Maurer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Father Heßling
Original Name : Erich Nadler
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mother Heßling
Original Name : Gertrud Bergmann
Gender : Male
Character Name : Zillich
Original Name : Ernst Legal
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dr. Wolfgang Buck
Original Name : Raimund Schelcher
Gender : Male
Character Name : Buck sen.
Original Name : Eduard von Winterstein
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mahlmann
Original Name : Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
Gender : Male
Character Name : Napoleon Fischer
Original Name : Friedrich Gnaß
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dr. Mennicke
Original Name : Wolfgang Kühne
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kühlemann
Original Name : Fritz Staudte
Gender : Male
Character Name : von Brietzen
Original Name : Wolfgang Heise
Gender : Male
Character Name : Major Kunze
Original Name : Axel Triebel
Gender : Male
Character Name : Landgerichtsdirektor
Original Name : Arthur Schröder
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dr. Heuteufel
Original Name : Paul Mederow
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lauer
Original Name : Friedrich Richter
Gender : Male
Character Name : Gottlieb Hornung
Original Name : Heinz Keuneke
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sötbier
Original Name : Ernst Wehlau
Gender : Male
Character Name : Virgin of Orleans
Original Name : Antje Ruge
Gender : Female
Character Name : Young Worker
Original Name : Kurt-Otto Fritsch
Gender : Male
Character Name : Young Worker
Original Name : Viola Recklies
Gender : Male
Character Name : Fritzsche
Original Name : Oskar Höcker
Gender : Male
Character Name : Medizinalrat
Original Name : Georg August Koch
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Martin Rickelt
Gender : Male
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