The Kaiser's Lackey (1951) ( Der Untertan ) ( Man of Straw )

The Kaiser's Lackey (1951) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Der Untertan
Alternate Title: Man of Straw
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1951 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Wolfgang Staudte

Written By:
Heinrich Mann
Fritz Staudte

Actors:
Werner Peters ..... Diederich Heßling
Paul Esser ..... Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
Renate Fischer ..... Guste Daimchen
Ernst Legal ..... Pastor Zillich
Raimund Schelcher ..... Dr. Wolfgang Buck
Eduard von Winterstein ..... Buck sen.
Friedrich Maurer ..... Fabrikant Göpel
Sabine Thalbach ..... Agnes Göpel
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal ..... Mahlmann
Friedrich Gnaß ..... Napoleon Fischer
Wolfgang Kühne ..... Dr. Mennicke
Fritz Staudte ..... Amtsgerichtsrat Kühlemann
Wolfgang Heise ..... Leutnant von Brietzen
Axel Triebel ..... Major Kunze
Arthur Schröder ..... Landgerichtsdirektor

Synopsis:

Submissiveness and petty bourgeois behaviour were part of the apparatus of oppression that kept the German Empire running and stabilised its hierarchy. Industrialist s son Diederich Heßling, hero of this extraordinary film, is a cowardly and conventional career-opportunist. His path to power is that of the lickspittle he seeks the recognition of all above him, denounces competitors, and becomes the despot of both his inherited paper factory and his own family. Heinrich Mann s grand novel The Kaiser s Lackey, about a typical fellow traveller who uncritically idolises the Kaiser and shares his ambitions for world power was sympathetically filmed by director Wolfgang Staudte. A clever and amusing piece of cinema and a world success.

It has been 100 years since the start of the First World War. More than 10 million people lost their lives between 1914 and 1918, and twice as many were injured or crippled. The First World War was a significant theme for the film artists of the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), the East German film company founded in 1946. The suffering of working people, the misery of life in the factories and poor accommodation in cities, the growing organisation of resistance to warmongers and profiteers, as well as the battle for a better world are the topics of this extraordinary collection of films.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 10 July, 2021.

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