
Synopsis
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...
Title | The Kaiser's Lackey |
Companies | DEFA |
Countries | East Germany |
Keywords |

Werner Peters
Diederich Heßling
Paul Esser
Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
Blandine Ebinger
Frau von Wulckow
Renate Fischer
Guste DaimchenCarola Braunbock
Emmi HeßlingEmmy Burg
Magda Heßling
Sabine Thalbach
Agnes Göppel
Friedel Nowack
Mrs. Göpel
Friedrich Maurer
GöpelErich Nadler
Father HeßlingGertrud Bergmann
Mother Heßling
Ernst Legal
Zillich
Raimund Schelcher
Dr. Wolfgang Buck
Eduard von Winterstein
Buck sen.
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
MahlmannFriedrich Gnaß
Napoleon FischerWolfgang Kühne
Dr. MennickeFritz Staudte
KühlemannWolfgang Heise
von BrietzenAxel Triebel
Major KunzeArthur Schröder
LandgerichtsdirektorPaul Mederow
Dr. Heuteufel
Friedrich Richter
LauerHeinz Keuneke
Gottlieb HornungErnst Wehlau
Sötbier
Antje Ruge
Virgin of OrleansKurt-Otto Fritsch
Young WorkerViola Recklies
Young WorkerOskar Höcker
Fritzsche