Der Untertan (film)

Not to be confused with the 1958 Italian film A Man of Straw.
Der Untertan
Directed byWolfgang Staudte
Written byHeinrich Mann
Screenplay byFritz Staudte, Wolfgang Staudte
Produced byWilli Teichmann
StarringWerner Peters
Narrated byWolfgang Staudte[1]
CinematographyRobert Baberske
Edited byJohanna Rosinski
Music byHorst Hanns Sieber
Production
company
Distributed byProgress Film (GDR)
Europa-Filmverleih (FRG)
Release dates
  • 31 August 1951 (1951-08-31) (GDR)
  • 8 March 1957 (1957-03-08) (FRG)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman
Budget2,100,000 East German Marks[2]

The Kaiser's Lackey[3] (German: der Untertan; also known in English as Man of Straw and The Loyal Subject) is a 1951 East German film directed by Wolfgang Staudte, based on Heinrich Mann's 1918 satirical novel by the same name.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TL32 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Grisko, pp. 29.
  3. ^ Der Untertan. defa.de.