The Wandering Jew

1933 PG-13 1h 50m

7.4 / 10 7

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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.

Director Maurice Elvey

Writers

H. Fowler Mear E. Temple Thurston

Stars

Conrad Veidt Marie Ney Basil Gill

Conrad Veidt

Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

Marie Ney

Judith (Phase I)

Basil Gill

Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Bertram Wallis

Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)

Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Jack Livesey

Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)

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)

Juan, the Servant (Phase IV)

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Robert Gilbert

First Monk (Phase IV)

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Conway Dixon

Second Monk (Phase IV)

Drama Fantasy

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Geronimo1967 13 Jun 2022

7/10

Told in an historically episodic fashion, Conrad Veidt depicts the Jewish man "Matathias", who helped to convince Pilate to crucify Jesus. By way of punishment, he is condemned to walk the Earth facing, enduring and surviving many of the trials that faced his race as history marched on. It is a history, of sorts. Many of the events depicted are reflections of true events - pogroms, the Spanish inq...