The Sovereign
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Synopsis
Der Herrscher (The Sovereign) was based on Before Sunset, a play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The great Emil Jannings stars as Mathias Clausen, a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies. Determining to start life anew, he falls in love with his secretary Inken (Marianne Hoppe) and impulsively takes a vacation to Italy. Clausen's selfish grown children, not wishing to share their father's affections -- nor his money -- with his new wife-to-be, go to court demanding that Clausen be declared mentally incompetent. Upon finding this out, Clausen flies into a rage, leaving the audience to wonder whether or not he really as gone off his trolley. Der Herrscher was directed by Veit Harlan, more famous (or notorious) for his viciously anti-Semitic Jud Suess (1940).
Details
- Veit Harlan
- March 17, 1937
- Released
- Germany
- Tobis-Magna-Filmproduktion
- 1h 43m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Emil JanningsMatthias Clausen -
Marianne HoppeInken Peters -
Hilde KörberBettina Clausen -
Käthe HaackOttilie Klamroth -
Herbert HübnerDirektor Erich Klamroth -
Maria KoppenhöferKlothilde Clausen -
Paul BildtDiener Winter -
Heinrich SchrothDirektor Hofer -
Max GülstorffSanitätsrat Geiger -
Harald PaulsenRechtsanwalt Hanefeld -
Paul WagnerProfessor Wolfgang Clausen
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Hannes StelzerEgert
