Jew Suss: Rise and Fall

Jew Suss: Rise and Fall

Directed by Oskar Roehler

2010114 min5.0 / 10

A morally complex historical drama about complicity, coercion, and conscience during the Nazi era, centered on an actor's tragic entanglement with propaganda and the human cost of collaboration.

This intricate historical drama tells the story of actor Ferdinand Marian (Tobias Moretti), who is ordered by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to star in the 1940 anti-Semitic film Jew Suss. Despite his cooperation, Ferdinand's actions have unexpected costs. Ferdinand's Jewish wife, Anna (Martina Gedeck), is sent to a concentration camp, and as World War II intensifies, he rebels against the Nazis, leading to the destruction of his career.

Questions people ask

  • Is Jew Suss: Rise and Fall sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Jew Suss: Rise and Fall easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Jew Suss: Rise and Fall scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Jew Suss: Rise and Fall end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Jew Suss: Rise and Fall violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity38

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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