Jew Süss
MovieTitle | Jew Süss |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Oct 13, 1934 |
Genre | Drama, History, Romance |
Director | Lothar Mendes |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
Run time | 105 min. |
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.