The Sovereign

5.0
19371h 43m

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).

Cast

Photo of Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

Matthias Clausen

Photo of Marianne Hoppe

Marianne Hoppe

Inken Peters

Photo of Hilde Körber

Hilde Körber

Bettina Clausen

Photo of Käthe Haack

Käthe Haack

Ottilie Klamroth

Photo of Herbert Hübner

Herbert Hübner

Direktor Erich Klamroth

Photo of Maria Koppenhöfer

Maria Koppenhöfer

Klothilde Clausen

Photo of Paul Bildt

Paul Bildt

Diener Winter

Photo of Heinrich Schroth

Heinrich Schroth

Direktor Hofer

Photo of Max Gülstorff

Max Gülstorff

Sanitätsrat Geiger

Photo of Harald Paulsen

Harald Paulsen

Rechtsanwalt Hanefeld

Photo of Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Direktor Bodlfing

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