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The Eternal Jew

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.

Top Cast

  • Mona Maris

    Mona Maris

    Self (archive footage)

  • Curt Bois

    Curt Bois

    Self (archive footage)

  • Fritz Kortner

    Fritz Kortner

    Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)

  • Peter Lorre

    Peter Lorre

    Hans Beckert (archive footage)

  • Ernst Lubitsch

    Ernst Lubitsch

    Self (archive footage)

  • Rosa Luxemburg

    Rosa Luxemburg

    Self (archive footage)

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin

    Self (1931) (archive footage)

  • Kurt Gerron

    Kurt Gerron

    (archive footage)

  • Emil Ludwig

    Emil Ludwig

    Self (archive footage)

Overview

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.

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