The Sovereign (Der Herrscher) 87 years old

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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The Sovereign Cast

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

The Sovereign Crew

Name Department
Veit Harlan as Director. He was 37 (64) years old when He died Directing
The Sovereign (87 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, March 17, 1937
  • Runtime: 103 minutes