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.
Raimund Harmstorf
Michèle Mercier
Klausjürgen Wussow
Silvia Reize
Hans Holt
Reiner Schöne
Adrian Hoven
Sabina Trooger
Sky du Mont
Ernst Stankovski
Herbert Fux
Ruth Gassmann
Karl Lieffen
Kurt Jaggberg
Detlev Eckstein
Joachim Hansen
Klaus Münster
Robert Naegele
Dietrich Kerky
Carlos Placha
Claus Richt
Karl-Heinz Thomas
Gunter Ziegler
Michael Tellering
Werner Friedl
Wilfried Blasberg
Frederic Garger
Agnes Liebhardt
Roland Kindermann
Michael Z. Hoffmann
August Holler
Michael Rüth
Hans von Borsody