The Kaiser's Lackey (1951)
1h 49m
Running Time
August 31, 1951Release Date
The Kaiser's Lackey (1951)
1h 49m
Running Time
August 31, 1951Release Date
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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 & Crew.

Werner Peters
Diederich Heßling

Paul Esser
Regierungspräsident von Wulckow

Blandine Ebinger
Frau von Wulckow

Renate Fischer
Guste Daimchen

Carola Braunbock
Emmi Heßling

Emmy Burg
Magda Heßling

Sabine Thalbach
Agnes Göppel

Friedel Nowack
Mrs. Göpel

Friedrich Maurer
Göpel

Erich Nadler
Father Heßling

Gertrud Bergmann
Mother Heßling

Ernst Legal
Zillich

Raimund Schelcher
Dr. Wolfgang Buck

Eduard von Winterstein
Buck sen.

Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
Mahlmann

Friedrich Gnaß
Napoleon Fischer

Wolfgang Kühne
Dr. Mennicke

Fritz Staudte
Kühlemann / Screenplay

Karl Schneider
ProductionDesigner

Wolfgang Heise
von Brietzen

Erich Zander
ProductionDesigner

Axel Triebel
Major Kunze

Arthur Schröder
Landgerichtsdirektor

Paul Mederow
Dr. Heuteufel

Friedrich Richter
Lauer

Heinz Keuneke
Gottlieb Hornung

Ernst Wehlau
Sötbier

Antje Ruge
Virgin of Orleans

Kurt-Otto Fritsch
Young Worker

Viola Recklies
Young Worker

Oskar Höcker
Fritzsche

Georg August Koch
Medizinalrat
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Details.
Release DateAugust 31, 1951
Original NameDer Untertan
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Kaiser's Lackey (German: der Untertan; also known in English as Man of Straw and The Loyal Subject) is a 1951 East German film directed by Wolfgang Staudte, based on Heinrich Mann's 1918 satirical novel by the same name.
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