History Film / JewSuss1940

''Jud Süß'' (''Jew Süss'') is a 1940 German PeriodPiece produced by Terra Film at the behest of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany's Propaganda Minister UsefulNotes/JosephGoebbels, directed by Veit Harlan and loosely based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Lion Feuchtwanger. It is one of the most (in-)famous antisemitic propaganda films ever made, and starred Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum (Veit Harlan's wife), Werner Krauss and Heinrich George.

''Jud Süß'' (''Jew Süss'') is a 1940 German PeriodPiece produced by Terra Film at the behest of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, directed by Veit Harlan and loosely based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Lion Feuchtwanger. It is one of the most (in-)famous antisemitic propaganda films ever made, and starred Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum (Veit Harlan's wife), Werner Krauss and Heinrich George.

Should '''NOT''' be confused with the [[Film/JewSuss1934 1934 British film of the same name]]. Both are based on the same novel, but the 1934 film [[TruerToTheText adapts the novel faithfully]] and actually ''[[SpiritualAntithesis condemns]]'' antisemitism. The production of this film was dramatized in 2010 German movie ''Film/JewSussRiseAndFall''. Despite the name (and the titular character also coincidentially being a German Jew), it has nothing to do with ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' either.

* CallForward: The film ends with Sturm declaring that all Jews will be expelled from Württemberg. He then says "May our descendants adhere to this decree," for their own sakes "and for the sakes of their children's children," an obvious allusion to the Nazi persecution of the Jews that was going on in Germany at the time of the film's release.

Should '''NOT''' be confused with the [[Film/JewSuss1934 1934 British film of the same name]]. Both are based on the same novel, but the 1934 film [[TruerToTheText adapts the novel faithfully]] and actually ''[[SpiritualAntithesis condemns]]'' antisemitism. The production of this film was dramatized in 2010 German movie ''Film/JewSussRiseAndFall''. Despite the name (and the titular character also coincidentially being a German Jew), it has nothing to do with ''Film/Oppenheimer'' either.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Very few things this film portrays about Judaism bears any resemblance to the actual religion. Most notably, Rabbis do not practice astrology or mysticism.

Should '''NOT''' be confused with the [[Film/JewSuss1934 1934 British film of the same name]]. Both are based on the same novel, but the 1934 film [[TruerToTheText adapts the novel faithfully]] and actually ''[[SpiritualAntithesis condemns]]'' antisemitism. The production of this film was dramatized in 2010 German movie ''Film/JewSussRiseAndFall''.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Süß_Oppenheimer Joseph Süss Oppenheimer]] was a real person, who really did become financial advisor to Duke Karl Alexander in 1730s Stuttgart. He was also put on trial and executed in RealLife, after the Duke died. That being said, in real life it was almost certainly a case of judicial murder by Stuttgart anti-Semites, and earlier fictionalizations of this story portrayed Oppenheimer as a sympathetic TragicHero. The Nazis, naturally, portrayed him as evil, as part of their message of hate.

* PrideBeforeTheFall: Rabbi Loew discusses this with Suss, warning him his greed and megalomania will bring about his downfall but Suss ignores him to his eventual peril.

* BasedOnATrueStory: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Süß_Oppenheimer Joseph Süss Oppenheimer]] was a real person, who really did become financial advisor to Duke Karl Alexander in 1730s Stuttgart. He was also put on trial and executed in RealLife, after the Duke died. That being said, in real life it was almost certainly a case of judicial murder by Stuttgart anti-Semites, and earlier fictionalizations of this story portrayed Oppenheimer as a sympathetic TragicHero. The Nazis, naturally, portrayed him as evil, as part of their message of hate.

Should '''NOT''' be confused with the [[Film/JewSuss1934 1934 British film of the same name]]. Both are based on the same novel, but the 1934 film [[TruerToTheText adapts the novel faithfully]] and actually ''[[SpiritualAntithesis condemns]]'' antisemitism.

* BasedOnATrueStory: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Süß_Oppenheimer Joseph Süss Oppenheimer]] was a real person, who really did become financial advisor to Duke Karl Alexander in 1730s Stuttgart. He was also put on trial and executed in RealLife, after the Duke died. That being said, in real life it was almost certainly a case of judicial murder by Stuttgart anti-Semites, and earlier fictionalizations of this story portrayed Oppenheimer as a sympathetic TragicHero. The Nazis, naturally, portrayed him as evil.

** Duke Karl Alexander sits at his desk while one of his old friends, standing to the Duke's right, entreats him to reverse himself and expel the Jews from Stuttgart. Cut to Oppenheimer and Rabbi Loew at Oppenheimer's desk outside, in the exact same position, as Loew tells Oppenheimer what's happening in the inner office.

* MatchCut: From a shot of coins that Oppenheimer spills on a table, as he's offering to pay for Duke Karl's ballet, to a shot of the ballet dancers twirling around.

* DrivenToSuicide: Dorothea drowns herself in a lake after being brutally raped by Oppenheimer in exchange for saving her lover. The actress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_Söderbaum Kristina Söderbaum]], became [[TypeCast known for]] playing rape victims who commit suicide by drowning in many films directed by her husband. The public eventually gave her the moniker ''Reichswasserleiche''; "Reich" is "realm/country/nation" and "Wasserleiche" literally translates as "water corpse", meaning a corpse found in the water and almost always a drowning victim. So, an equivalent moniker in English would be "[our] national drownee".

* DrivenToSuicide: Dorothea drowns herself in a lake after being brutally raped by Oppenheimer in exchange for saving her lover. The actress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_Söderbaum Kristina Söderbaum]], became [[TypeCast known for]] playing rape victims who commit suicide by drowning in many films directed by her husband. The public eventually gave her the moniker ''Reichswasserleiche''; "Reich" is "realm/country/nation" and "Wasserleiche" literally translates as "water corpse", meaning a corpse found in the water and almost always a drowning victim. So, the moniker in English would be "[our] national drownee".

* DrivenToSuicide: Dorothea drowns herself in a lake after being brutally raped by Oppenheimer in exchange for saving her lover. The actress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_Söderbaum Kristina Söderbaum]], became [[TypeCast known for]] playing rape victims who commit suicide by drowning in many films directed by her husband. The public eventually gave her the moniker ''Reichswasserleiche''; "Reich" is "realm/country/nation" and "Wasserleiche" literally translates as "water corpse", meaning a corpse found in the water and almost always a drowning victim. So, the moniker in English would be "[our] nation's drownee".

* DrivenToSuicide: Dorothea drowns herself in a lake after being brutally raped by Oppenheimer in exchange for saving her lover. The actress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_Söderbaum Kristina Söderbaum]], became [[TypeCast known for]] playing rape victims who commit suicide by drowning in many films directed by her husband. The public eventually gave her the monicker ''Reichswasserleiche'', roughly translated as "[[LostInTranslation Lead Drowned Corpse of the Reich]]".

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Very few things this film portrays about Judaism bears any resemblance to the religion. Most notably, Rabbis do not practice astrology or mysticism.