Directed by:
Veit HarlanCinematography:
Bruno MondiComposer:
Wolfgang ZellerCast:
Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Eugen Klöpfer, Theodor Loos, Erna Morena, Bernhard Goetzke, Wolfgang Staudte (more)Plots(1)
At once a rousing melodrama and murderous antisemitic incitement, the movie draws loosely from historical events from the early eighteenth century, when Jud Süss Oppenheimer, financial advisor to the Duke of Württemberg, was subjected to a sensational trial and gruesome execution. The film depicts Süss as a figure of cynical cunning and malign will, a sexual predator sowing corruption everywhere; his promotion of Jewish emancipation brings Christian Württemberg to the brink of moral and social ruination. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ferdinand Marian
Austria-Hungary
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
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Werner Krauss
German Empire
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Heinrich George
German Empire
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Kristina Söderbaum
Sweden
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Eugen Klöpfer
German Empire
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Theodor Loos
German Empire
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Erna Morena
German Empire
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Bernhard Goetzke
German Empire
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Wolfgang Staudte
German Empire
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Louis Brody
Cameroon
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Jean Darcante
France
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Reinhold Bernt
German Empire
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Richard Francoeur
France
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Jakob Tiedtke
German Empire
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Ursula Deinert
German Empire
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Lucien Blondeau
France
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Rognoni
France
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Franz Arzdorf
German Empire
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Oskar Höcker
German Empire
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Käthe Jöken-König
German Empire
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