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The Sovereign

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).

Top Cast

  • Emil Jannings

    Emil Jannings

    Matthias Clausen

  • Marianne Hoppe

    Marianne Hoppe

    Inken Peters

  • Hilde Körber

    Hilde Körber

    Bettina Clausen

  • Käthe Haack

    Käthe Haack

    Ottilie Klamroth

  • Herbert Hübner

    Herbert Hübner

    Direktor Erich Klamroth

  • Maria Koppenhöfer

    Maria Koppenhöfer

    Klothilde Clausen

  • Paul Bildt

    Paul Bildt

    Diener Winter

  • Heinrich Schroth

    Heinrich Schroth

    Direktor Hofer

  • Max Gülstorff

    Max Gülstorff

    Sanitätsrat Geiger

Overview

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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