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Cast

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer

Benita Hume

Benita Hume

Marie Auguste

Frank Vosper

Frank Vosper

Duke Karl Alexander

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Rabbi Gabriel

Gerald du Maurier

Gerald du Maurier

Weissensee

Paul Graetz

Paul Graetz

Landauer

Crew

Lothar Mendes

Lothar Mendes

Director

Lion Feuchtwanger

Lion Feuchtwanger

Novel

A.R. Rawlinson

A.R. Rawlinson

Scenario Writer

Dorothy Farnum

Dorothy Farnum

Adaptation

Michael Balcon

Michael Balcon

Producer

Jack Beaver

Jack Beaver

Original Music Composer

Bretton Byrd

Bretton Byrd

Original Music Composer

Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Original Music Composer

Roy Kellino

Roy Kellino

Director of Photography

John Greenwood

John Greenwood

Original Music Composer

Dorothy Farnum

Dorothy Farnum

Screenplay

A.R. Rawlinson

A.R. Rawlinson

Screenplay

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Jew Süss

19345.0 / 10105 min
Drama, History, Romance

Overview

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.