
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