My Son the Minister
My Son the Minister
1937, German. Directed by Veit Harlan.
Sylvia has succeeded in making her son Robert a minister in the French Republic. His old servent, Gabriel, interrupts the young man during an "erotic" conference with the singer Betty. She's there, because her politically inappropriate songs is about to get her banned from the stage, which the minister would like to prevent. A fight breaks out between Robert and Gabriel and Sylvia, his mother, has to confess to Robert, that Gabriel is actually his father. When the minister once again misbehaves, this time at a ball, his servant and father Gabriel decides that the time has come to slap his son in everyone's presence. Robert is forced to resign and a journalist from the People's Front suggests Gabriel for the post of minister. - The film was classified after the end of the german third empire as a reservation film.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Veit HarlanDirector
- Hans BrausewetterRobert Fabre-Marines
- Heli FinkenzellerNannette - seine Frau
- Françoise RosaySylvie - seine Mutter
- Hans MoserGabriel Fabre
- Paul DahlkeVaccarés
- Hadrian Maria NettoMinisterpräsident
- Carl JönssonAristide - Diener im Ministerium
- Hilde KörberBetty Joinville
- Aribert WäscherBaroche
- Bruno ZienerPierre, Diener
- Carl AuenEin Zeitungsreporter
- Josef DahmenEin revolutionärer Zwischenrufer
Details
- Released
- 6 July 1937
- Original title
- Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Karl Georg Külb, Edgar Kahn
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My Son the Minister runs 81 minutes (1h 21m).
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My Son the Minister isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 July 1937. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed My Son the Minister?
My Son the Minister (1937) was directed by Veit Harlan and stars Hans Brausewetter, Heli Finkenzeller, Françoise Rosay.