The Wandering Jew

7.6
  • Genre: DramaFantasy
  • Run time: 110 min
  • Premiere: 1933. November 15.

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.

Discover

Conrad Veidt

Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

Marie Ney

Judith (Phase I)

Basil Gill

Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

Cicely Oates

Rachel (Phase I)

Anne Grey

Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Bertram Wallis

Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)

Hector Abbas

Isaachar (Phase II)

Dennis Hoey

Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Jack Livesey

Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)

Kiyoshi Takase

Phirous (Phase II)

Alan Napier

Knight (Phase II)

Joan Maude

Gianella (Phase III)

John Stuart

Pietro Morelli (Phase III)

Arnold Lucy

Andrea Michelotti (Phase III)

Hay Petrie

Merchant (Phase III)

Peggy Ashcroft

Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

Francis L. Sullivan

Juan de Texada (Phase IV)

Felix Aylmer

Ferera (Phase IV)

Ivor Barnard

Castro (Phase IV)

Abraham Sofaer

Zapportas (Phase IV)

Stafford Hilliard

Juan, the Servant (Phase IV)

Robert Gilbert

First Monk (Phase IV)

Conway Dixon

Second Monk (Phase IV)

Art

James A. Carter

Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up

Cathleen Mann

Costume Designer

Crew

Sydney Blythe

Cinematography

Directing

Maurice Elvey

Director

Editing

Jack Harris

Editor

Production

Julius Hagen

Producer

Sound

Hugo Riesenfeld

Music Director

Writing

H. Fowler Mear

Screenplay

E. Temple Thurston

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