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Jew Suss |
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Jew Suss - 1934 | 105 mins | Drama | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: 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. |
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The CastConrad 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 SynopsisBased 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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