
During the time of the Peasants' Wars, the free knight Götz von Berlichingen gets into all kinds of private and political entanglements when he defends the Bishop of Bamberg. He is declared an enemy of the empire and ostracized as a robber. Insurgent peasants, of whom he becomes the leader, also betray him by attacking a town against the condition that no violence be used.
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Raimund Harmstorf as Götz von Berlichingen

Michèle Mercier as Adelheid von Walldorf

Klausjürgen Wussow as Adelbert von Weislingen

Silvia Reize as Elisabeth

Hans Holt as Bishop of Bamberg

Reiner Schöne as Franz von Sickingen

Adrian Hoven as Hunter Lerse

Sabina Trooger as Maria

Sky du Mont as Hans von Selbitz

Ernst Stankovski as Secretary Liebetraut

Herbert Fux as Farmer Sievers

Ruth Gassmann as Maid Margarete

Karl Lieffen as Court Assistant

Kurt Jaggberg as Farmer Metzler

Detlev Eckstein as Franz von Tautenberg

Joachim Hansen as Kaiserlicher Hauptmann

Klaus Münster as Veit

Robert Naegele as Mayor of Heilbronn

Dietrich Kerky as Peter

Carlos Placha as Philipp

Claus Richt as Wilfried

Karl-Heinz Thomas as Imperial Herald

Gunter Ziegler as Imperial Officer

Michael Tellering as Imperial Councellor

Werner Friedl as Stumpf

Wilfried Blasberg as Kohl

Frederic Garger as Groom

Agnes Liebhardt as Bride

Roland Kindermann as Karl von Berlichingen

Michael Z. Hoffmann as Adelheid's Murderer

August Holler as Link

Michael Rüth as Peasant (voice)

Hans von Borsody as
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