English (en-US)

Title

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).

1h 43m

German (de-DE)

Title

Der Herrscher

Taglines

Overview

Der mächtige Industrielle Matthias Clausen sieht sich nach dem Tod seiner Frau mit einer selbstsüchtigen Verwandtschaft konfrontiert, die nur die Erbschaft ihres Vaters im Sinn hat. Während insbesondere der Schwiegersohn Erich Klammroth gegen das Familienoberhaupt intrigiert, findet Clausen in der jungen Sekretärin Inken Peters eine loyale Vertraute und neue Partnerin. Die Familie sieht in ihrer Verbindung erbrechtliche Konsequenzen und versucht Clausen und Peters auseinanderzubringen. Zudem entmündigen sie ihren Vater und Klammroth übernimmt das Clausen-Werk. Doch dieser kämpft weiter, erhält seine Mündigkeit zurück und wird sich seiner Verantwortung gegenüber der „Volksgemeinschaft“ bewusst.

1h 43m

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