Movie Description
Der Untertan
(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 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...
Featured Crew
- Director : Wolfgang Staudte
- Editor : Johanna Rosinski
- Cast : Werner Peters,Paul Esser,Blandine Ebinger,Renate Fischer,Carola Braunbock,Emmy Burg,Sabine Thalbach,Friedel Nowack,Friedrich Maurer,Erich Nadler,Gertrud Bergmann,Ernst Legal,Raimund Schelcher,Eduard von Winterstein,Hannsgeorg Laubenthal,Friedrich Gnaß,Wolfgang Kühne,Fritz Staudte,Wolfgang Heise,Axel Triebel,Arthur Schröder,Paul Mederow,Friedrich Richter,Heinz Keuneke,Ernst Wehlau,Antje Ruge,Kurt-Otto Fritsch,Viola Recklies,Oskar Höcker,Georg August Koch,Martin Rickelt
Cast
Diederich Heßling
Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
Frau von Wulckow
Guste Daimchen
Emmi Heßling
Magda Heßling
Agnes Göppel
Mrs. Göpel
Göpel
Father Heßling
Mother Heßling
Zillich
Dr. Wolfgang Buck
Buck sen.
Mahlmann
Napoleon Fischer
Dr. Mennicke
Kühlemann
von Brietzen
Major Kunze
Landgerichtsdirektor
Dr. Heuteufel
Lauer
Gottlieb Hornung
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Facts
Original TitleDer Untertan
Status Released
Release Information
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1951-08-31
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 49m
Production CompaniesDEFA
Genres
- Drama
- History
- Comedy
