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Satire about Diederich Hessling, a weakling of the lower middle class who rises in the world by obsequiously deferring to those above him and brutally tyrannizing those of lower station.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Progress Film-Vertrieb (Berlin, Germany), DEFA, Icestorm International, Inc, University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus)
Other Authors: Staudte, Wolfgang, 1906-1984, Peters, Werner, 1918-1971, Fischer, Renate, Thalbach, Sabine, Esser, Paul, Mann, Heinrich, 1871-1950
Format: Video VHS
Language:German
Language Notes:In German with English subtitles.
Published: [Northampton, Mass.] : Icestorm International LLC in association with the University of Massachusetts, [1998]
Edition:Original German version.
Subjects:
Middle class > Germany > Drama.
Ambition > Drama.
Toadyism > Drama.
Despotism > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Satire about Diederich Hessling, a weakling of the lower middle class who rises in the world by obsequiously deferring to those above him and brutally tyrannizing those of lower station.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Heinrich Mann.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
A foreign film (East Germany).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Music, Horst-Hanns Sieber.