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Kaiser Wilhelm II

Wilhelm II was the first grandson to Queen Victoria.

Wilhelm was the last German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia, whose contentious policies helped to bring about WW1.

Rainer Sellien plays Kaiser Wilhelm II

German born Rainer began his acting career treading the boards at the likes of the German National Theatre Weimar and the Berliner Ensemble. While enjoying over a decade of theatre work, the turn of the millennium would see him branch out into more television and movie based roles. From the much lauded television movie Did He? He went on to star in the Stephen Daldry war-crime drama The Reader and the Liam Neeson revenge movie Unknown.