Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010)

Original title

Jud Süß - Film ohne Gewissen

Directed by

Oskar Roehler

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

12

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film shows the making of a Nazi propaganda movie. It follows the actor Ferdinand Marian as he is pressured by Joseph Goebbels to star in the antisemitic film Jud Suss. The story focuses on Marian's personal conflict and moral compromise.

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What happens

Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (German title: Jud Süß – Film ohne Gewissen [Süss the Jew – Film Without Conscience]) is a 2010 German historical drama film directed by Oskar Roehler, dramatising the creative process behind the antisemitic Nazi propaganda film Jud Süß (1940). It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. In Germany, the film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and, mainly because of the controversial subject matter, received mixed reviews. Nevertheless, the German critics lauded the actor Tobias Moretti in his role as Ferdinand Marian. In 2011, cinematographer Carl-Friedrich Koschnick received the Austrian Romy award for cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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