Jud Süß - Film ohne Gewissen

Jew Suss - Rise and Fall
Director
Oskar Roehler
Country
Austria, Germany
Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Klaus Richter
Cast
Tobias Moretti / Moritz Bleibtreu / Martina Gedeck / Justus von Dohnanyi / Heribert Sasse / Anna Unterberger / Milan Peschel / Armin Rohde
Production
Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion / Clasart Film & Fernsehproduktion / Tele München Fernseh GmbH

Storyline

Berlin, 1940. Ferdinand Marian is an actor, one of the best of his generation. Marian is married to a beautiful Jewish woman whom he deeply loves. One day, he's offered the starring role in the new Nazi Film Department's anti-Semitic production, an adaptation of the novel Jew Süss. The part would make him a star. Marian turns it down but finally gives in to Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' unrelenting pressure and even worse, his charm. The actor unwittingly plays into the Nazis' plans and his attempt to give the film's Jewish protagonist a human touch makes the film the most successful propaganda film ever made... A heart-wrenching story about the seductiveness - and price - of evil.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2010
Official Competition