DER HERRSCHER

Original German 11 3/8 inch x 9 1/8 inch Portrait of EMIL JANNINGS in the 1937 Veit Harlan German Drama DER HERRSCHER (THE RULER), based on the play by Gerhart Hauptmann..

Der Herrscher portrays Emil Jannings as Mathias Clausen a dedicated leader who fights the capitalist greed of his board of directors in order to assure the well-being of his twenty thousand workers.

The portrait is in very good condition with the title written in ink in the bottom border and the Tobis production company logo in the lower right corner.