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.
Fürst Otto von Bismarck
Johanna von Bismarck
Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Geheimrat von Holstein
Vizekanzler von Boetticher
Graf von Waldersee
Graf zu Eulenburg
Herbert von Bismarck
Otto Heyden
Graf Schuwalow
Dr. Ernst Schweninger
Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Kaiser Friedrich III.
Zar Alexander III.
Generaladjutant von Hahnke
Chef des Zivilkabinetts von Lucanus
August Bebel
General von Caprivi
von Lucius
Kammerdiener Pinnow
Großfürst Wladimir
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