Der Untertan (1951)
With Werner Peters, Eduard von Winterstein, Hannjo Hasse, Raimund Schelcher, Paul Esser, Ernst Legal, Friedrich Maurer, Friedrich Gnaß
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
The Kaiser's Lackey (German: der Untertan; also known in English as Man of Straw and The Loyal Subject) is a 1951 East German film directed by Wolfgang Staudte, based on Heinrich Mann's 1918 satirical novel by the same name.
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