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Jew Sss (1934 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Jew Sss' is a 1934 British historical romantic drama film based on Lion Feuchtwanger's 1925 novel 'Jud S', about Joseph S Oppenheimer. Directed by Lothar Mendes, the film stars German actor Conrad Veidt in the role of Oppenheimer. The screenplay was written by Dorothy Farnum and Arthur Rawlinson.
Unlike the Nazis' antisemitic film 'Jud S' (1940), the British film was intended to be sympathetic to Jews, and is generally considered to be a faithful adaptation of Feuchtwanger's novel. It was hoped the historical analogy, condemning antisemitism in 1730, would be a successful means of evading the ban by the British censors on political topics in films.
The later film with the same title, produced in Nazi Germany, is considered by some to be an antisemitic response to Mendes' philo-semitic film.
Cast
* Conrad Veidt as Josef Sss Oppenheimer
* Benita Hume as Marie Auguste
* Frank Vosper as Karl Alexander
* Cedric Hardwicke as Rabbi Gabriel
* Gerald du Maurier as Weissensee
* Paul Graetz as Landauer
* Campbell Gulan as the Prince of Thurn and Taxis
* Pamela Mason as Naomi
* Joan Maude as Magdalen Sibylle
* Percy Parsons as Pflug
* James Raglan as Lord Suffolk
* Sam Livesey as Harprecht
* Dennis Hoey as Dieterle
* Eva Moore as Jantje
* Hay Plumb as Pfaeffle
* Francis L. Sullivan as Remchingen
Release
The film premiered simultaneously at the Tivoli Cinema on the Strand in London and Radio City Music Hall in New York on 4 October 1934, with Prince George and Queen Maria of Romania being the guests of honour at the UK premiere. A blurry telephoto picture of Prince George attending the London premiere was shown for the audience in New York, which due to the time zone difference saw the film some five hours later. According to 'The Times' correspondent, "the reproduction was indistinct, but the picture was notable as the first attempt to use a radio photograph (see wirephoto) on the screen".Articles in 'The Times' on 5 and 6 October, pp. 12 and 10 respectively found in The Times Digital Archive 3 November 2013 The film was retitled 'Power' for the US release.
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