The Sovereign [265283] Released: 1937-03-17 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 103 mins Popularity: 0.5047 Vote Average: 5 Vote Count: 2 Overview: 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). Cast [13] Emil JanningsMatthias Clausen Marianne HoppeInken Peters Hilde KörberBettina Clausen Käthe HaackOttilie Klamroth Herbert HübnerDirektor Erich K Maria KoppenhöferKlothilde Clause Paul BildtDiener Winter Heinrich SchrothDirektor Hofer Max GülstorffSanitätsrat Gei Harald PaulsenRechtsanwalt Han Paul WagnerProfessor Wolfga Hannes StelzerEgert Rudolf Klein-RoggeDirektor Bodlfin Trailers