The Dismissal

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.

• Wolfgang LiebeneinerDirector
• Curt J. BraunWriter
• Felix von EckardtWriter

• Emil JanningsFürst Otto von Bismarck
• Margarete SchönJohanna von Bismarck
• Werner HinzKaiser Wilhelm II.
• Werner KraussGeheimrat von Holstein
• Paul BildtVizekanzler von Boetticher
• Paul HoffmannGraf von Waldersee
• Otto GrafGraf zu Eulenburg
• Christian KayßlerHerbert von Bismarck
• O.E. HasseOtto Heyden
• Franz SchafheitlinGraf Schuwalow
• Fritz KampersDr. Ernst Schweninger
• Theodor LoosKaiser Wilhelm I.