1934 · 1h 45m · Drama, History, Romance
Genres: Drama, History, Romance
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: Lion Feuchtwanger, A.R. Rawlinson, Dorothy Farnum
Music by: Bretton Byrd, Charles Williams
Cinematography: Roy Kellino