Synopsis
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 (Veidt) works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power with the help of an evil Duke.
Technical team
Lothar Mendes Directing
Dorothy Farnum Screenplay
A.R. Rawlinson Screenplay
Jack Beaver Music
Bretton Byrd Music
Charles Williams Music
John Greenwood Music
Michael Balcon Producing
Production
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation