Der Herrscher
Released: March 17, 1937Runtime: 103 minLanguage: DE
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).
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Emil Jannings
as Matthias Clausen
Paul Wagner
as Professor Wolfgang Clausen - sein Sohn
Hannes Stelzer
as Egert - sein jüngster Sohn
Hilde Korber
as Bettina - seine Tochter
Kathe Haack
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Herbert Hubner
as Direktor Erich Klamroth - deren Mann
Maria Koppenhofer
as Paula Clausen - geb. von Rübsamen
Marianne Hoppe
as Inken Peters
Helene Fehdmer
as Frau Peters
Max Gulstorff
as Sanitätsarzt Geiger
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