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Tag Archives: Veit Harlan
The Great King (1942) Veit Harlan, Otto Gebühr, Kristina Söderbaum, Gustav Fröhlich
King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) of Prussia is engaged in a major battle Read More »
Jew Süss / Jud Süß (1940) Veit Harlan, Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George
In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving Read More »
The Golden City / Die goldene Stadt (1942) Veit Harlan, Kristina Söderbaum, Eugen Klöpfer, Annie Rosar
Anna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Read More »
My Son the Minister / Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (1937) Veit Harlan, Hans Brausewetter, Heli Finkenzeller, Françoise Rosay
Sylvia has succeeded in making her son Robert a minister in the French Republic. Read More »
The Great Sacrifice (1944) Veit Harlan, Carl Raddatz, Kristina Söderbaum, Irene von Meyendorff
Albrecht is a son in a family of wealthy intellectuals that has a seaside estate near Hamburg. Read More »
Hanna Amon (1951) Veit Harlan, Kristina Söderbaum, Lutz Moik, Ilse Steppat, Drama
Hanna and her brother Thomas Amon live on the estate of their deceased parents. Read More »
Der Herrscher / The Sovereign (1937) Veit Harlan, Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Hannes Stelzer, Drama
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.
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