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
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
