Mathias Clausen is a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies..
Is it worth the watch? If you have a high tolerance for grand, operatic acting and mid-30s German melodrama, Der Herrscher is a total trip. You’ll probably hate it if you need your movies to move fast or if you find Emil Jannings’ style of "acting with his entire face" a bit much. It is definitely for the crowd that en...
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"Is it worth the watch? If you have a high tolerance for grand, operatic acting and mid-30s German melodrama, Der Herrscher is a total trip. You’ll probably hate it if you need your movies to move fast or if you find Emil Jannings’ style of "acting with his entire face" a bit much. It is definitely for the crowd that enjoys watching a powerful man slowly lose his grip on reality. The whole thing hinges on Jannings as Mathias Clausen. He plays a guy who builds everything, owns everything, and sud..."
Gerhart Hauptmann, Curt J. Braun, Thea von Harbou, Harald Bratt
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