The Wandering Jew (1933)
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Director:
Maurice Elvey
Writer:
H. Fowler Mear
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Conrad Veidt as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios |
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Marie Ney as Judith (Phase I) |
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Basil Gill as Pontius Pilate (Phase I) |
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Cicely Oates as Rachel (Phase I) |
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Anne Grey as Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II) |
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Bertram Wallis as Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II) |
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Hector Abbas as Isaachar (Phase II) |
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Dennis Hoey as Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II) |
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Jack Livesey as Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II) |
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Kiyoshi Takase as Phirous (Phase II) |
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Alan Napier as Knight (Phase II) |
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Joan Maude as Gianella (Phase III) |
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John Stuart as Pietro Morelli (Phase III) |
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Arnold Lucy as Andrea Michelotti (Phase III) |
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Hay Petrie as Merchant (Phase III) |
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Peggy Ashcroft as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV) |
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Francis L. Sullivan as Juan de Texada (Phase IV) |
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Felix Aylmer as Ferera (Phase IV) |
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Ivor Barnard as Castro (Phase IV) |
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Abraham Sofaer as Zapportas (Phase IV) |
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Stafford Hilliard as Juan, the Servant (Phase IV) |
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Robert Gilbert as First Monk (Phase IV) |
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Conway Dixon as Second Monk (Phase IV) |
| Directing | Maurice Elvey | Director |
| Sound | Hugo Riesenfeld | Music Director |
| Writing | H. Fowler Mear | Screenplay |
| Writing | E. Temple Thurston | Theatre Play |
| Art | James A. Carter | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cathleen Mann | Costume Designer |
| Editing | Jack Harris | Editor |
| Production | Julius Hagen | Producer |
| Crew | Sydney Blythe | Cinematography |
