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The Kaiser's Lackey

6.719511h 49mMovieDramaHistoryComedy

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…

DirectorWolfgang Staudte
WritersWolfgang Staudte·Fritz Staudte

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Cast · Directed by Wolfgang Staudte

WPWerner Peters
Werner Peters
Diederich Heßling
PEPaul Esser
Paul Esser
Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
BEBlandine Ebinger
Blandine Ebinger
Frau von Wulckow
RF
Renate Fischer
Guste Daimchen
CBCarola Braunbock
Carola Braunbock
Emmi Heßling
EB
Emmy Burg
Magda Heßling
STSabine Thalbach
Sabine Thalbach
Agnes Göppel
FNFriedel Nowack
Friedel Nowack
Mrs. Göpel
FMFriedrich Maurer
Friedrich Maurer
Göpel
ENErich Nadler
Erich Nadler
Father Heßling
GB
Gertrud Bergmann
Mother Heßling
ELErnst Legal
Ernst Legal
Zillich

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