Meanwhile, the Kaiser's wife, Princess Hermine (Janet McTeer), is hopeful that Hitler will restore the German monarchy, and she and Wilhelm can return to power in Berlin. When Brandt is told that ...

Hitler’s notorious No. 2 Heinrich Himmler (Eddie Marsan) comes to dinner as the Kaiser dreams of regaining his throne. There’s also a flirtation with the new maid (Lily James, “Baby Driver”).

Had Kaiser Wilhelm not acceded to the German military’s demands to abdicate and become a constitutional monarch after 1918, the road to power for Hitler would have been blocked.

T he young captain on the bridge of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s yacht Hohenzollern had ambitions to match those of his master: both wanted to bust the bully-bold British Navy. In World War I Hamburg ...

Drawing upon his award-winning three-volume biography of the Kaiser, Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859–1888, Wilhelm II: The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy, 1888–1900, and Wilhelm II: Into the ...