Man of Straw (TV series)

Man of Straw is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2 between 30 January and 5 March 1972. It is an adaptation of the 1918 novel Der Untertan (The Underling) by Heinrich Mann.^[1] It takes place during the final years of Wilhelmine Germany.

Man of Straw
Genre	Drama
Based on	Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann
Written by	Robert Muller
Directed by	Herbert Wise
Starring	Derek Jacobi John Phillips Judy Cornwell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Martin Lisemore
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	30 January (1972-01-30) – 5 March 1972 (1972-03-05)

Main cast

• Derek Jacobi as Diederich Hessling (6 episodes)
• John Phillips as Dr. Heuteufel (5 episodes)
• Denis Carey as Sötbier (4 episodes)
• Judy Cornwell as Guste Daimchen (4 episodes)
• Elizabeth Bell as Emmi Hessling (3 episodes)
• Sheila Brennan as Frau Hessling (3 episodes)
• Dave Hill as Napoleon Fischer (3 episodes)
• Judy Loe as Kätchen Zillich (3 episodes)
• Karin MacCarthy as Magda Hessling (3 episodes)
• Ian Ogilvy as Wolfgang Buck (3 episodes)
• John Savident as Von Wulckow (3 episodes)
• Juliet Aykroyd as Agnes Göppel (2 episodes)
• Sam Dastor as Dr. Jadassohn (2 episodes)
• Mike Fields as Virsing (2 episodes)
• Derek Francis as Herr Göppel (2 episodes)
• Harry Hutchinson as Judge Sarding (2 episodes)
• David King as Burgermeister Scheffelweis (2 episodes)
• Stanley Lebor as Herr Cohn (2 episodes)
• Stuart McGugan as Fox Major (2 episodes)
• Eve Pearce as Judith Lauer (2 episodes)
• Sean Roantree as Wiebel (2 episodes)
• Cyril Shaps as Herr Lauer (2 episodes)
• Brian Stirner as Hernung (2 episodes)
• Manning Wilson as Pastor Zillich (2 episodes)