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).
Credits
The Sovereign Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Rudolf Klein-Rogge
He was 51, 69 years old when he died
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as Direktor Bodlfing |
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Herbert Hübner
He was 48, 82 years old when he died
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as Direktor Erich Klamroth |
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Max Gülstorff
He was 54, 64 years old when he died
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as Sanitätsrat Geiger |
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Hilde Körber
She was 30, 62 years old when she died
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as Bettina Clausen |
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Marianne Hoppe
She was 27, 93 years old when she died
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as Inken Peters |
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Emil Jannings
He was 52, 65 years old when he died
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as Matthias Clausen |
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Harald Paulsen
He was 41, 58 years old when he died
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as Rechtsanwalt Hanefeld |
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Maria Koppenhöfer
She was 35, 46 years old when she died
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as Klothilde Clausen |
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Paul Bildt
He was 51, 82 years old when he died
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as Diener Winter |
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Heinrich Schroth
He was 65, 73 years old when he died
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as Direktor Hofer |
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Käthe Haack
She was 39, 88 years old when she died
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as Ottilie Klamroth |
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Hannes Stelzer
He was 26, 34 years old when he died
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as Egert - sein jüngster Sohn |
The Sovereign Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Veit Harlan as Director. He was 37 (64) years old when He died
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Directing |
