
The Kaiser's Lackey
Drama · History · Comedy
Overview
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...
Top Cast


Werner Peters
Werner Peters
Diederich Heßling
Werner Peters
Diederich Heßling


Paul Esser
Paul Esser
Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
Paul Esser
Regierungspräsident von Wulckow


Blandine Ebinger
Blandine Ebinger
Frau von Wulckow
Blandine Ebinger
Frau von Wulckow


Renate Fischer
Renate Fischer
Guste Daimchen
Renate Fischer
Guste Daimchen


Carola Braunbock
Carola Braunbock
Emmi Heßling
Carola Braunbock
Emmi Heßling
Emmy Burg
Emmy Burg
Magda Heßling
Emmy Burg
Magda Heßling


Sabine Thalbach
Sabine Thalbach
Agnes Göppel
Sabine Thalbach
Agnes Göppel


Friedel Nowack
Friedel Nowack
Mrs. Göpel
Friedel Nowack
Mrs. Göpel


Friedrich Maurer
Friedrich Maurer
Göpel
Friedrich Maurer
Göpel


Erich Nadler
Erich Nadler
Father Heßling
Erich Nadler
Father Heßling
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