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Jew Süss

Period & History • Drama, History, Romance, UR

Unlike the horrifically antisemitic 1940 Nazi propaganda film, Lothar Mendes’ adaptation of Lion Feuchtwanger’s book offers a fairly sympathetic depiction of a Jewish man (Conrad Veidt) who seeks political power in order to improve the plight of Germany’s Jewry. Despite some unpleasant stereotypes - Suss is scheming and ruthless - the film is ultimately on his side, and the ending is deeply moving.

Tags
Jewish people, 18th century, Germany (up to 1933), Propaganda
Cast
Conrad Veidt Josef Süss Oppenheimer
Benita Hume Marie Auguste
Gerald du Maurier Weissensee
Cedric Hardwicke Rabbi Gabriel
Crew
Lothar Mendes director

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