The Kaiser's Lackey 1951
7.3 / 10
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...
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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Full Cast & Crew
... Diederich Heßling
... Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
... Frau von Wulckow
... Guste Daimchen
... Emmi Heßling
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Emmy Burg... Magda Heßling
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Release Date:
Aug 31, 1951
Run Time:
1hr 49`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
German
Status:
Released
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The Kaiser's Lackey - The Kaiser's Lackey
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Diederich Heßling
... Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
... Frau von Wulckow
... Guste Daimchen
... Emmi Heßling
EB
Emmy Burg... Magda Heßling
... Agnes Göppel
... Mrs. Göpel
... Göpel
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Erich Nadler... Father Heßling
... Mother Heßling
... Zillich
... Dr. Wolfgang Buck
... Buck sen.
... Mahlmann
... Napoleon Fischer
... Dr. Mennicke
... Kühlemann
... von Brietzen
AT
Axel Triebel... Major Kunze
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