The Rothschilds (1940)

Original title

Die Rothschilds

Directed by

Erich Waschneck

Genre

drama film, propaganda film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film retells the story of the Rothschild family during the Napoleonic Wars. It presents the family in a negative light as part of Nazi German propaganda.

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What happens

The Rothschilds (Die Rothschilds) is a 1940 Nazi German historical propaganda film directed by Erich Waschneck. The film is also known as The Rothschilds' Shares in Waterloo (International recut version, English title). It portrays the role of the Rothschild family in the Napoleonic Wars. The Jewish Rothschilds are depicted in a negative manner, consistent with the antisemitic policy of Nazi Germany. The 1940 film has a similar title and a similar plot to a 1934 American film, The House of Rothschild, starring George Arliss and Boris Karloff, that presented the Rothschilds in a more positive light. It is one of three Nazi-era German films that provide an antisemitic retelling of an earlier film. The others, both released in 1940, bore titles similar to films released in 1934: The Eternal Jew was a documentary-format film with the same title as the 1934 film, and Jud Süss was a drama based on the 1934 film adaptation of the 1925 novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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