| Jew Suss | |||
| AKA: Jew Suess | |||
| AKA: Power | |||
| 1934 | 105 mins | Drama | B&W |
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| Production Team | |
| Director: | Lothar Mendes. |
| Producer: | Michael Balcon. |
| Script: | Dorothy Farnum and A.R. Rawlinson. (from the novel by Léon Feuchtwanger) |
| Cinematography: | Bernard Knowles and Günther Krampf. |
| Editing: | Otto Ludwig. |
| Art Direction: | Alfred Junge. |
| Original Music: | Louis Levy. |
| Cast | |
| Conrad Veidt | Joseph Oppenheimer |
| Benita Hume | Marie Auguste |
| Pamela Ostrer | Naemi |
| Frank Vosper | Duke Karl Alexander |
| Gerald du Maurier | Wessensee |
| Cedric Hardwicke | Rabbi Gabriel |
| Mary Clare | Countess Wurben |
| Eva Moore | Jantje |
| Paul Graetz | Landauer |
| Haidee Wright | Michele |
| Joan Maude | Magdalen Sibylle |
| Percy Parsons | Pflug |
| James Raglan | Lord Suffolk |
| Francis L. Sullivan | Remchingen |
| Plot Synopsis |
| Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Suss
is an awkward historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism
in Germany.
Account of the rise to power of "Jew Süss" Oppenheimer (Conrad Veidt) in 18th century Wurrtemberg. In the service of a duke, he works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power to further the cause of the Jewish race. Oppenheimer finds that he is, after all, a Gentile and not Jewish; when the duke wrongs him he plots his downfall. The shock of his betrayal brings on a seizure that kills the duke - Suss is condemned to death and hanged. |
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