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 run... read more
Wolfgang StaudteDirector
Wolfgang StaudteScreenplay
Fritz StaudteScreenplay
Heinrich MannNovel
Robert BaberskeDirector of Photography
Johanna RosinskiEditor
Werner PetersDiederich Heßling
Paul EsserRegierungspräsident von Wulckow
Blandine EbingerFrau von Wulckow
Renate FischerGuste Daimchen
Carola BraunbockEmmi Heßling
Emmy BurgMagda Heßling
Sabine ThalbachAgnes Göppel
Friedel NowackMrs. Göpel
Friedrich MaurerGöpel
Erich NadlerFather Heßling
Gertrud BergmannMother Heßling
Ernst LegalZillich
Raimund SchelcherDr. Wolfgang Buck
Eduard von WintersteinBuck sen.
Hannsgeorg LaubenthalMahlmann
Friedrich GnaßNapoleon Fischer
Wolfgang KühneDr. Mennicke
Fritz StaudteKühlemann
Wolfgang Heisevon Brietzen
Axel TriebelMajor Kunze
Arthur SchröderLandgerichtsdirektor
Paul MederowDr. Heuteufel
Friedrich RichterLauer
Heinz KeunekeGottlieb Hornung
Ernst WehlauSötbier
Antje RugeVirgin of Orleans
Kurt-Otto FritschYoung Worker
Viola ReckliesYoung Worker
Oskar HöckerFritzsche
Georg August KochMedizinalrat
Martin Rickelt109 minutes
1951-08-31
Deutsch
East Germany
DEFA
178 days ago
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