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The Kaiser's Lackey

Original title: Der Untertan

★ 6.7 TMDB Rating · 25 votes

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
Aug 31, 1951
Original language
German
Origin
XG

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United States
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The Kaiser's Lackey release dates by country

CountryIn cinemasDigitalAge rating
GermanyAug 31, 1951—12
XGAug 31, 1951—12
XCFeb 15, 1952——
RussiaApr 2, 1952——
SwedenFeb 28, 1955——
BelgiumApr 1, 1955——
FinlandSep 30, 1955——
FranceOct 3, 1956——

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