Title from container. Werner Peters (Diederich Hessling), Renate Fischer, Sabine Thalbach, Paul Esser, Carola Braumbock, Emmy Burg, Friedrich Maurer. Based on the novel by Heinrich Mann. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Repackaged in 2007 with English texts and bonus film. Accompanied by 1 booklet (8 pages, illustrations), describing collections distributed by the DEFA Film Library. Bonus features: Biographies, filmographies and historical timeline. Includes the film: Interpreting the Kaiser's lackey, 2007 (Dir., Michael Aronson).
Summary:
Satire about Diederich Hessling, a weakling of the lower middle class who rises in the world by obsequiously deferring to those above him and brutally tyrannizing those of lower station.
Series:
East German cinema
OCLC:
(OCoLC)233190541
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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