The Wandering Jew (1933)
November 15, 1933
Drama, Fantasy
1h 50m
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Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Maurice Elvey
- Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios Conrad Veidt
- Judith (Phase I) Marie Ney
- Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II) Anne Grey
- Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II) Dennis Hoey
- Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II) Jack Livesey
- Knight (Phase II) Alan Napier
- Gianella (Phase III) Joan Maude
- Pietro Morelli (Phase III) John Stuart
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Keywords
- christianity
- judaism
- anti-semitism
- christ allegory
- spanish inquisition