Jew Süss

Jew Süss

105 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Oct. 13, 1934

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 (Veidt) works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power himself with the help of an evil Duke.

Jew Süss

105 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Oct. 13, 1934

Jew Süss
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 (Veidt) works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power himself with the help of an evil Duke.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Original title Jew Süss
Directors Lothar Mendes
Writers Dorothy Farnum, A.R. Rawlinson, Lion Feuchtwanger

Cast

Conrad Veidt

as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer

Benita Hume

as Marie Auguste

Frank Vosper

as Duke Karl Alexander

Cedric Hardwicke

as Rabbi Gabriel

Gerald du Maurier

as Weissensee

Paul Graetz

as Landauer