"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."
Emil Jannings
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
Margarete Schön
as Johanna von Bismarck
Werner Hinz
as Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Werner Krauss
as Geheimrat von Holstein
Paul Bildt
as Vizekanzler von Boetticher
Paul Hoffmann
as Graf von Waldersee
Otto Graf
as Graf zu Eulenburg
Christian Kayßler
as Herbert von Bismarck
O.E. Hasse
as Otto Heyden
Franz Schafheitlin
as Graf Schuwalow
Fritz Kampers
as Dr. Ernst Schweninger
Theodor Loos
as Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Karl Ludwig Diehl
as Kaiser Friedrich III.
Walther Suessenguth
as Zar Alexander III.
Herbert Hübner
as Generaladjutant von Hahnke
Rudolf Blümner
as Chef des Zivilkabinetts von Lucanus
Friedrich Maurer
as August Bebel
Heinrich Schroth
as General von Caprivi
Josef Peterhans
as von Lucius
Werner Pledath
as Kammerdiener Pinnow
Emil Heß
as Großfürst Wladimir
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Director
Curt J. Braun
Writer
Felix von Eckardt
Herbert Windt
Music
Martha Dübber
Editor
Producer
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography