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The Kaiser's Lackey

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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Der Untertan - DEFA-Trailer

Cast and Crew

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Werner Peters

Diederich Heßling

Profile photo of Paul Esser

Paul Esser

Regierungspräsident von Wulckow

Profile photo of Blandine Ebinger

Blandine Ebinger

Frau von Wulckow

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Renate Fischer

Guste Daimchen

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Carola Braunbock

Emmi Heßling

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Emmy Burg

Magda Heßling

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Sabine Thalbach

Agnes Göppel

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Friedel Nowack

Mrs. Göpel

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Friedrich Maurer

Göpel

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Erich Nadler

Father Heßling

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Wolfgang Staudte

Director

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Fritz Staudte

Screenplay

Profile photo of Wolfgang Staudte

Wolfgang Staudte

Screenplay

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Horst Hans Sieber

Music

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Johanna Rosinski

Editor

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Heinrich Mann

Novel

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Robert Baberske

Director of Photography

The Kaiser's Lackey

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...

Orignal Title

Der Untertan

Orignal Language

de

Duration

109 minutes

Genre

Drama, History, Comedy

Status

Released

Release Data

1951-08-31

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Production Companies

DEFA

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