Jew Süss

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.

Director: 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

Paul Graetz

Landauer