Jew Süss

1934 • 1h 45m • Drama, History, Romance

5.7(7 votes)

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.

Director

Lothar Mendes

Writers

Dorothy Farnum, A.R. Rawlinson

Status

Released