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Genre  Drama
Initial release  March 17, 1937 (Berlin)
Running time  1h 43m
Screenplay  Thea von Harbou
5.2/10 IMDb

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Director  Veit Harlan
Music director  Wolfgang Zeller
Der Herrscher movie poster

Writer  Gerhart Hauptmann (play), Harald Bratt (motives of the comedy "Der Herrscher"), Curt J. Braun, Thea von Harbou (screenplay)
Cast  Emil Jannings (Matthias Clausen), Marianne Hoppe (Inken Peters), Hilde Körber (Bettina Clausen), Käthe Haack (Ottilie Klamroth), Herbert Hübner (Direktor Erich Klamroth), Maria Koppenhöfer (Klothilde Clausen)
Similar movies  Related Veit Harlan movies

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.

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Plot

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.

Reactions

Some newspapers objected to the anti-capitalist bent inherent in having a man leave his company to the state; the official release contained a postscript by Goebbels repudiating such intentions.

References

Der Herrscher Wikipedia
Der Herrscher IMDb Der Herrscher themoviedb.org