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5.7A 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.
Released: 1934-10-13105 minDir: Lothar MendesDrama, History, Romance
Cast
- Conrad Veidt as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer
- Benita Hume as Marie Auguste
- Frank Vosper as Duke Karl Alexander
- Cedric Hardwicke as Rabbi Gabriel
- Gerald du Maurier as Weissensee
- Paul Graetz as Landauer
Themes
- based on novel or book
- antisemitism
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1934 British films1934 English-language films1934 films1934 romantic drama filmsBritish biographical filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish romantic drama filmsEnglish-language romantic drama filmsFilms about Jews and JudaismFilms based on German novelsFilms directed by Lothar MendesFilms scored by Bretton Byrd