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.

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Emil Jannings
Fürst Otto von Bismarck

Margarete Schön
Johanna von Bismarck

Werner Hinz
Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Werner Krauss
Geheimrat von Holstein

Paul Bildt
Vizekanzler von Boetticher

Paul Hoffmann
Graf von Waldersee

Christian Kayßler
Herbert von Bismarck

O.E. Hasse
Otto Heyden