The Sovereign
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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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Cast
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Emil Jannings
Matthias Clausen
Known for
The Blue Angel
The Last Laugh
Marianne Hoppe
Inken Peters
Known for
Treasure of Silver Lake
Wrong Move
Hilde Körber
Bettina Clausen
Also in
Maria, the Servant
Fridericus
Käthe Haack
Ottilie Klamroth
Known for
Münchhausen
Herbert Hübner
Direktor Erich Klamroth
Also in
Diener lassen bitten
Zu viele Köche
Maria Koppenhöfer
Klothilde Clausen
Also in
Lowlands
The Heart of a Queen
Paul Bildt
Diener Winter
Known for
The Haunted Castle
Heinrich Schroth
Direktor Hofer
Also in
The Diary of Dr. Hart
Covered Tracks
Max Gülstorff
Sanitätsrat Geiger
Known for
The Punch Bowl
Harald Paulsen
Rechtsanwalt Hanefeld
Also in
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Mordsache Holm
Paul Wagner
Professor Wolfgang Clausen
Also in
Comrades at Sea
The Hotshots
Hannes Stelzer
Egert
Also in
Venus on Trial
The Crew of the Dora
Veit Harlan Director · Thea von Harbou Screenplay Curt J. Braun Screenplay
First release March 17, 1937 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der Herrscher
Production
Tobis-Magna-Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
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Original title
Der Herrscher
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 17, 1937
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No release date listed for United States.
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