The Dismissal

Overview

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.

Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Top cast

Emil Jannings

Fürst Otto von Bismarck

Margarete Schön

Johanna von Bismarck

Werner Hinz

Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Werner Krauss

Geheimrat von Holstein

Paul Bildt

Vizekanzler von Boetticher

Paul Hoffmann

Graf von Waldersee

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Otto Graf

Graf zu Eulenburg

Christian Kayßler

Herbert von Bismarck

O.E. Hasse

Otto Heyden

Franz Schafheitlin

Graf Schuwalow

Fritz Kampers

Dr. Ernst Schweninger

Theodor Loos

Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Kaiser Friedrich III.

Walther Suessenguth

Zar Alexander III.

Herbert Hübner

Generaladjutant von Hahnke

Rudolf Blümner

Chef des Zivilkabinetts von Lucanus

Friedrich Maurer

August Bebel

Heinrich Schroth

General von Caprivi

Josef Peterhans

von Lucius

Werner Pledath

Kammerdiener Pinnow

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