Jew Süss (1934)
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:
A.R. Rawlinson, Dorothy Farnum.
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Conrad Veidt as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer |
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Benita Hume as Marie Auguste |
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Frank Vosper as Duke Karl Alexander |
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Cedric Hardwicke as Rabbi Gabriel |
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Gerald du Maurier as Weissensee |
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Paul Graetz as Landauer |
| Directing | Lothar Mendes | Director |
| Writing | Lion Feuchtwanger | Novel |
| Camera | Roy Kellino | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dorothy Farnum | Adaptation |
| Sound | Bretton Byrd | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Charles Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | A.R. Rawlinson | Scenario Writer |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Sound | Jack Beaver | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | John Greenwood | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | A.R. Rawlinson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dorothy Farnum | Screenplay |
