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 Tree of Life
Drama, Fantasy
6.7
A Fish Called Wanda
Comedy, Crime
7.2
The Murderers Are Among Us
Drama, Romance, Thriller
6.9
The Fifth Element
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
7.6
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
The Godfather
Drama, Crime
8.7
Pulp Fiction
Thriller, Crime, Comedy
8.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Titanic
Drama, Romance
7.9
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
7.4
The Truman Show
Comedy, Drama
8.1
Green Book
Drama, Comedy, History
8.2
Dune: Part Two
Science Fiction, Adventure
8.1
Oppenheimer
Drama, History
8.0
Back to the Future
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
8.3
Shutter Island
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
8.2
Gladiator
Action, Drama, Adventure
8.2
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.5
Batman Begins
Drama, Crime, Action
7.7
The Grapes of Wrath
Drama
7.8
Police Raid
Drama, Crime
5.0
Operette
Music, Drama
7.0
The Girl and the Oak
Drama
5.0
Under the Yoke
Drama, History
7.0
Once Upon a Time in America
Drama, Crime
8.4
The Wages of Fear
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
8.0
Der ewige Traum
Drama, History
6.5
Die Fledermaus
Music, Romance, Comedy
8.0
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius
Drama
6.8
Rome, Open City
Drama, War
8.0
Damals
Drama, Crime, Romance, Music
6.6
The Beggar Student
Music, Comedy, Romance
5.6
Scarface
Crime, Action, Drama
7.4
City Lights
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.3
The Murderers Are Among Us
Drama, Romance, Thriller
6.9
The Heart of a Queen
Drama
6.2
The Song of Night
Comedy, Music
7.0
The Emperor of California
Drama, Western
5.6
Träumerei
Drama, Music, History
0.0