Le Juif Süss (1940)

• 39%
• 1940
• Drame
• Histoire
• Ferdinand Marian
• Werner Krauss
• Heinrich George

Dans this notorious Nazi de la propagande historical costume mlodrame, a conniving, ambitious Jewish businessman, Doux Oppenheimer, snares, a post as trésorier to the Duke of Wurttemburg by showering the corrupt duke with treasure and promises of even greater riches. As the Jew's schemes grow more élaborer and his actions more brazen, the dukedom nearly erupts into civil war. Persuaded by the Jew, the Duke all but scuttles the constitution and alienates the assembly by lifting the local ban on Jews à Stuttgart. In a final outrage, the Jew rapes a wholesome French girl and tortures her father and fiancée. When the Duke succumbs to a sudden heart attack, the assembly of Elders try the Jew and sentence him to death for having "carnal knowledge of a Christian woman".