Review of Süss, the Jew (1940) by David H — 10 May 2010

A grandious Nazi Propaganda Film and Melodrama it drifts up from the Book from Lion Feuchtwanger rapidly but in the End it beholds his Base that of evil egoistic Men that throw everyone into War and Poverty for their own Sake Oppenheimer who hunger for Power, Wealth and Respect and Duke Karl Alexander who hunger for absoulte Power it is cleary Anti-Semitic Motivated but it isn't really antisemtic when you see the Facts a Antisemit see the Jew in Oppenheimer but I see just a Evil Man the most of the other Jews in that Film doesen't seem evil they do just what ist best for them just like the Germans do what best for them but the Nazi's and in slower Case the German Folk of that time the Film plays don't allow the Jews to do for their own Sake when they must suffer under it like nobody would accept this is everytime Two Sides who fight each other to survive everyone want the best for his Group why they didn't reach their Hands and act together for the Sake of them all? Because of Evil Men who just handle for their own Sake and split and bustle the Folk against each other the Rabbi in the Film seems like a Positive Person he is also very likeable just like Oppenheimer seems very charismatic and in that the Nazi's see the Character of the Jew to play the Good Guy in Front of them but plan his Intrigues in the Behind it is truly a controversial Film that controversial that is forbidden in Germany but whatever you think about this Movie it is a grandious directed, impressive, bounding and brilliant acted from all Actors ecspially from Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum and Eugen Klöpfer.