Veit HarlanCast
Ferdinand Marian Kristina Söderbaum Heinrich George 
Werner Krauss Eugen Klöpfer Albert Florath
Plot
A viciously antisemitic Nazi propaganda film, made on the orders of Goebbels, which distorts the story of an 18th-century Jewish financier. It contributed to the persecution of Jews and is an essential, disturbing study of how cinema can serve hatred.
Sinekatalog’s take
A hateful propaganda film, to be watched only as historical evidence.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.0 / 10 (3,702 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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