The Kaiser's Lackey

Name: The Kaiser's Lackey
Genre: Drama, History, Comedy
Released: 1951-08-31
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 6.7

★ 6,7 /10 (25 Votes)

1951 DE 109 min

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...

Release date

31/08/1951

Votes

Popularity

2.1

Genres

Drama History Comedy

Status

Released

Original title

Der Untertan

Language

Runtime

109 min

Werner Peters

Diederich Heßling

Paul Esser

Regierungspräsident von Wulckow

Blandine Ebinger

Frau von Wulckow

The Kaiser's Lackey

Overview

Original Soundtrack

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