The City without Jews
In the Republic of Utopia, because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them. Leo Strakosch is among the exiled. He is engaged to Counsellor's Linder's daughter. He gets into the Republic, in a clandestine way, to show to the society the wrongness of their anti-semitic prejudice. Bettauer's novel differs essentially from the film version. "Vienna" was named "Utopia." Even a happy ending was provided.
- 6.4
- 1924
- Released
- 1h 27m
Johannes Riemann
Leo Strakosch
Hans Moser
Rat Bernart
Karl Tema
Rat LinderAnny Miletty
Tochter LotteEugen Neufeld
BundeskanzlerFerdinand Mayerhofer
Rat VolbertMizi Griebl
seine FrauGisela Werbisek
Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk)Armin Berg
Kommiss IsidorSigi Hofer
MoritzArmin Seydelmann
Oberhaupt der StaatskircheFritz Flemmich
RabbinerArtur Ranzenhofer
Ein blinder JudeJosef Steinbach
HausknechtReleased
de
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Reviews
It is somewhat ironically apposite to watch this now in the UK where we are still having politically charged conversations about anti-Semitism. This silent film is a wonderfully satiric rendition of the Bettauer story about the citizens of a city who fear that it is steadily being taken over by the Jews. Via a series of regulations and eventually law the Jewish are persecuted then ultimately banis