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| “ | Zere are no rules in war!! | „ |
| ~ The Kaiser as a child. |
Kaiser Wilhelm II is a supporting antagonist in the 2021 historical action/spy film The King's Man.
He is the German Emperor and the cousin of both Tsar Nicholas of Russia and King George of England, who is manipulated by his advisor Erik Jan Hanussen into starting the First World War.
As with his cousins, he was portrayed by Tom Hollander, who also played Lord Cutler Beckett in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Isaacs in Hanna, Gary in Bird Box and Tabaqui in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.
Biography[]
The future Kaiser grew up as the cousin of King George and Tsar Nicholas, who he was related to through his grandmother, Queen Victoria. A flashback sequence shows them playing at soldiers when they were children, with the Kaiser cheating and knocking soldiers off the board before fighting with the others.
In 1914, an agent of the Flock named Gavrilo Princip assassinates Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The Kaiser is then manipulated by his adviser Erik Jan Hanussen into declaring war on his cousin Nicholas, with Hanussen playing on his insecurities about his withered arm and how his cousins used to mock him about it. The Kaiser agrees, starting World War I as England goes to Russia's defence.
As Russia is forced to withdraw from the war thanks to Flock agent Vladimir Lenin overthrowing the Tsar, the Kaiser realises that America may enter the war thanks to his use of submarine warfare in their waters. Hanussen convinces the Kaiser to ally with Mexico and ask them to invade America, sending the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico. It is intercepted by an early form of the Kingsman organisation, who give it to the Americans. America initially refuses to join regardless thanks to the intervention of a Flock agent named Mata Hari.
Eventually, the Kingsmen recover the blackmail material against the American President and kill Captain Morton, the elusive "Shepherd" who leads the Flock. America joins the war, and Germany is soon crushed. The Kaiser is forced to resign at gunpoint and is sent into exile.
Trivia[]
- Tom Hollander is credited as Tom Hollander3 during the film's closing credits as a joke relating to how he's the only actor to play multiple characters in the film.
- Additionally the reasoning for Hollander playing all three cousins is because of their famous striking resemblance to one another.
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Valentine Corporation South Glade Mission Church Golden Circle The Flock The Division Others | ||