German chancellor Otto von Bismarck promises the dying emperor Wilhelm I. to be loyal to his grandson. But the gap between young Kaiser Wilhelm II. and old Bismarck is rapidly widening. It soon appears that an era is coming to an end.
Length 109 minutes
Emil Jannings | Margarete Schön | Werner Hinz | Werner Krauss | Paul Bildt | Paul Hoffmann | Otto Graf | Christian Kayßler | O.E. Hasse | Franz Schafheitlin | Fritz Kampers | Theodor Loos | Karl Ludwig Diehl | Walther Suessenguth | Herbert Hübner | Rudolf Blümner | Friedrich Maurer | Heinrich Schroth | Josef Peterhans | Werner Pledath | Emil Heß