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The Kaiser's Lackey

Growing up afraid of everyone, Diederich Heßling realizes that serving the powerful is the path to power himself. Adopting the motto 'bow to those at the top and tread on those below,' he thrives as a dueling fraternity student and later as a paper factory owner. He flatters the obese district president Von Wulkow, slanders his financial rivals, and conspires with Social Democrats on the town council. On his honeymoon with wealthy wife Guste, he finds a chance to serve his beloved Kaiser, and when a Kaiser memorial is unveiled in his town, he delivers a speech in the pouring rain—until the crowd disperses and everything lies in ruins.

Original title
Der Untertan
Genre
Drama, History, Comedy
Director
Wolfgang Staudte
Cast
Werner Peters, Paul Esser, Blandine Ebinger, Renate Fischer, Carola Braunbock, Emmy Burg, Sabine Thalbach, Friedel Nowack, Friedrich Maurer, Erich Nadler, Gertrud Bergmann, Ernst Legal, Raimund Schelcher, Eduard von Winterstein, Hannsgeorg Laubenthal, Friedrich Gnaß, Wolfgang Kühne, Fritz Staudte, Wolfgang Heise, Axel Triebel
Country
East Germany
Studios
DEFA
Language
de
Year
1951
Duration
109
Release date
1951-08-31
TMDB
6.700 · 25 votes
Status
Released

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