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Jew Süss( 1934)

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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 with the help of an evil Duke.

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      Conrad Veidt

      Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer

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      Benita Hume

      Marie Auguste

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      Frank Vosper

      Duke Karl Alexander

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      Cedric Hardwicke

      Rabbi Gabriel

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      Gerald du Maurier

      Weissensee

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      Paul Graetz

      Landauer

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 13 2022
    Conrad Veldt is at the top of his game in this adaptation of Feuchtwanger's eponymous play published in the middle of WWI. Oddly enough, he didn't much care for it and it's exposure was short lived until picked up by Lothar Mendez almost twenty years later as a vehicle for this most enigmatic of actors. The story is simple enough. Veidt is a clever, ambitious man - not just for himself, but for his Jewish community in the feudal German duchy of Würtemburg. His task is made slightly easier by the fact that the hereditary dukes were little better than in-bred dolts, and soon he has the pretty nas...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • antisemitism