Released
Jew Süss
October 13 1934 (almost 90 years ago)Rating
50
Based on
6 reviews
- Director: Lothar Mendes
- Writers: Dorothy Farnum, A.R. Rawlinson
- Genres: Drama, History, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 45 m
- Country: United Kingdom
- Company: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
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.
