
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.

as Fürst Otto von Bismarck

as Johanna von Bismarck

as Kaiser Wilhelm II.

as Geheimrat von Holstein

as Vizekanzler von Boetticher

as Graf von Waldersee

as Graf zu Eulenburg

as Herbert von Bismarck

as Otto Heyden

as Graf Schuwalow

as Dr. Ernst Schweninger

as Kaiser Wilhelm I.

as Kaiser Friedrich III.

as Zar Alexander III.

as Generaladjutant von Hahnke

as Chef des Zivilkabinetts von Lucanus

as August Bebel

as General von Caprivi

as von Lucius

as Kammerdiener Pinnow

as Großfürst Wladimir