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The Sovereign is a film of genre Drama directed by Veit Harlan released in USA on 15 october 1937 with Emil Jannings

The Sovereign (1937)

Der Herrscher

The Sovereign
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Released in USA 15 october 1937
Length 1h43
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating56% 2.8294852.8294852.8294852.8294852.829485

Der Herrscher (Eng: The Master, The Sovereign, or The Ruler) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan. Erwin Leiser calls it a propagandistic demonstration of the Führerprinzip of Nazi Germany.

Synopsis

Matthias Clausen (Emil Jannings) is the head of Clausen Works, an old and prosperous munitions firm. He falls in love with a secretary in the office (Marianne Hoppe), and his children conspire against him in order to protect their inheritance. Clausen disowns them and bestows the firm on the state, confident that one of his workers capable of carrying on his work will arise.

Actors

Emil Jannings

(Matthias Clausen)
Hilde Körber

(Bettina Clausen)
Käthe Haack

(Ottilie Klamroth)
Marianne Hoppe

(Inken Peters)
Herbert Hübner

(Direktor Erich Klamroth)
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