Jew Süss
Director: Lothar Mendes
Cast: Benita Hume, Cedric Hardwicke, Conrad Veidt, Frank Vosper, Gerald du Maurier, Paul Graetz
Synopsis:
Cast: Benita Hume, Cedric Hardwicke, Conrad Veidt, Frank Vosper, Gerald du Maurier, Paul Graetz
Synopsis:
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.
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