Jew Süss

Name: Jew Süss
Director: Lothar Mendes
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1934-10-13
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Benita Hume, Frank Vosper, Cedric Hardwicke, Gerald du Maurier

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1934 · 105 min · Drama · History · Romance · TMDB 5.7/10

Overview

A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of life in the 18th-century Jewish ghetto of Württemberg. Süss works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power with the help of an evil duke.

Directed by Lothar Mendes

Cast

Conrad Veidt — Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer
Benita Hume — Marie Auguste
Frank Vosper — Duke Karl Alexander
Cedric Hardwicke — Rabbi Gabriel
Gerald du Maurier — Weissensee