
The Kaiser's Lackey 1951
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
Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Cast

Werner Peters
Diederich Heßling

Paul Esser
Regierungspräsident von Wulckow

Blandine Ebinger
Frau von Wulckow

Renate Fischer
Guste Daimchen

Carola Braunbock
Emmi Heßling
Emmy Burg
Magda Heßling

Sabine Thalbach
Agnes Göppel

Friedel Nowack
Mrs. Göpel

Friedrich Maurer
Göpel

Erich Nadler
Father Heßling