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