The Wandering Jew

Overview

Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.

Director: Maurice Elvey

Cast

Conrad Veidt

Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

Marie Ney

Judith (Phase I)

Basil Gill

Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

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Cicely Oates

Rachel (Phase I)

Anne Grey

Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Bertram Wallis

Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)

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Hector Abbas

Isaachar (Phase II)

Dennis Hoey

Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Jack Livesey

Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)

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Kiyoshi Takase

Phirous (Phase II)