This intricate historical drama tells the story of actor Ferdinand Marian (Tobias Moretti), who is ordered by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to star in the 1940 anti-Semitic film Jew Suss. Despite his cooperation, Ferdinand's actions have unexpected costs. Ferdinand's Jewish wife, Anna (Martina Gedeck), is sent to a concentration camp, and as World War II intensifies, he rebels against the Nazis, leading to the destruction of his career.
- 5.1
- 2010
- Released
- 1h 54m
Tobias Moretti
Ferdinand Marian
Moritz Bleibtreu
Joseph Goebbels
Martina Gedeck
Anna Marian
Justus von Dohnányi
Veit Harlan
Armin Rohde
Heinrich George
Paula Kalenberg
Kristina Söderbaum
Ralf Bauer
Fritz Hippler
Robert Stadlober
Lutz
Heribert Sasse
Wilhelm Adolf Deutscher
Martin Feifel
Knauf
Anna Unterberger
Britta
Erika Marozsán
Vlasta
Milan Peschel
Werner Krauß
Gudrun Landgrebe
Frau Frowein
Rolf Zacher
Erich Engel
Johannes Silberschneider
Hans MoserReleased
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- #nazi
- #propaganda
- #movie business
- #based on true story
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**Commentary** by Frank Stern, cultural and film historian **Can film be crime?** **The 1940 Nazi propaganda film JUD Süss** Over 20 million saw the 1940 propaganda film JUD SÜSS in Germany, Austria and the Wehrmacht-occupied countries of Europe. The film (directed by Veit Harlan) was not simply a cinema film, but was also used among SS Einsatzgruppen, the soldiers of the Wehrmacht and th