简介：TheideatomakeafilmaboutBismarck'sdownfallisarathercuriousonebecausethefilmshowsaroundtheclockthatBismarck(EmilJannings)triestopreservepeaceandavoidawaragainstFranceandRussiaontwofrontswhiletheunlikeable,youngandarrogantemperorWilhelmII.(WernerHinz)doesn'tcareandfinallygetsridofBismarck. Thefilmnotonlyfitsbadlyinthepoliticalclimate,italsoismostlyfreeofoverlyaggressivepropagandasaveforachillingspeechintheparliamentaswellastheendingwhereBismarckponderswhowillcontinuehiswork(insertHitlerhere).Withthesescenesremovedwegetareasonablyentertaining,dramaticandharmlesspictureandthat'swhatwasdoneafterthewarandshownunderthetitleSchicksalswende.HilariouslythecommercialtapeusesthistitlebutshowstheuncutversionwhiletheDVDusestheoriginaltitlebutshowsthecutversion.…