Jew Süss

Jew Süss

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 13, 1934

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama, History, Romance

User Score

50%

Original Title

Jew Süss

Production Companies

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

Director

Lothar Mendes

Description

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.