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...
The Strawberry Statement
Drama, Romance
6.1
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
Family, Comedy, Crime
7.0
The Murderers Are Among Us
Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
6.9
The Lost One
Drama, Thriller, Crime
6.8
Aus der Zeit
Documentary
9.0
A Fish Called Wanda
Comedy, Crime
7.2
The Tree of Life
Drama, Fantasy
6.7
The Fifth Element
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
7.6
Happiness
Drama, Romance
7.5
To Have and Have Not
Adventure, Romance, War
7.5
Sinners
Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
7.6
Elena Undone
Drama, Romance
6.9
Amélie
Comedy, Romance
7.9
The Last Picture Show
Drama, Romance
7.6
The Pelican Brief
Thriller
6.6
Sudden Death
Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
6.0
Us
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
7.0
Wild at Heart
Crime, Thriller, Romance
7.0
Beetlejuice
Fantasy, Comedy
7.4
Frankenhooker
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
6.3
The Beggar Student
Music, Comedy, Romance
5.6
Die Fledermaus
Music, Romance, Comedy
8.0
Titanic
Drama, History
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Adventure, Romance, History, Action
7.5
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius
Drama
6.8
Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
Drama, Music
7.0
Sein großer Sieg
Drama
0.0
Gefährliche Fracht
Drama
0.0
The Trap
Drama, History
3.0
Damals
Drama, Crime, Romance, Music
6.6
The Emperor of California
Drama, Western
5.6
Der ewige Traum
Drama, History
6.5
Nora
Drama
4.5
Tosca
Drama, Music
5.3
Mutiny on the Bounty
Adventure, Drama, History
7.4
The Heart of a Queen
Drama
6.2
The Mark Of The Day
Drama
8.0
The Grapes of Wrath
Drama
7.8
Whom the Gods Love
Drama, Music, History
7.5
Cellulose
Drama
5.6