
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.

as Theodor Lohse

as Benjamin Lenz

as Baron von Rastchuk

as Rahel Efrussi

as Mutter Lohse

as Geheimrat Hugenberg

as Dada-Künstler

as Kommissar

as Staatssekretär Hilper

as Anna

as Baron von Köckwitz

as Klitsche

as Günter

as Prinz Heinrich

as Aaron Efrussi

as Frau von Köckwitz

as Literat

as Schlomje

as Klaften

as Roter

as Gefangene

as Oberst Pauli

as Pisk

as Otto von Köckwitz

as Herr Waizenbaum

as Herr von Badewitz