Jew Süss

Name: Jew Süss
Director: Lothar Mendes
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1934-10-13
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Benita Hume, Frank Vosper, Cedric Hardwicke, Gerald du Maurier

HDIMDB: 5.7

Jew Süss (1934) is a drama, history, romance directed by Lothar Mendes rated 5.7/10.

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 works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power with the help of an evil duke.

Released: 1934-10-13

Duration: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Lothar Mendes

Writer: Dorothy Farnum, A.R. Rawlinson

Cast: Conrad Veidt, Benita Hume, Frank Vosper, Cedric Hardwicke

Production: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation