Jew Suss - Rise and Fall

in general Feature Film, A/D 2010
Genre Historic Drama
length 114 Min
Original version German

An Austrian-German Co-Production between Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, Clasart Filmproduktion and Tele München.

In Co-production with Tara Film, Lotus-Film, Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion and in cooperation with Dramaworks GmbH.

Inspired by "Ich war Jud Süß - Die Geschichte des Filmstars Ferdinand Marian" by Prof. Friedrich Knilli (Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2000).

 
With financial support of
Austrian Film Institute, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Vienna Film Fund, Filmstiftung NRW, Filmförderungsanstalt, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Deutscher Filmförderungsfonds, Land Niederösterreich, MEDIA, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg

Synopsis
Berlin, 1939. Ferdinand Marian is an actor, one of the best of his generation. Marian is married to a beautiful Jewish woman whom he deeply loves. One day, he's offered the starring role in the new Nazi party's anti-Semitic production, a film based on the novel "Jud Süss". The part would make him a star. Marian turns it down but finally gives in to Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' unrelenting pressure and even worse, his charm. The actor unwittingly plays into the Nazi's plans and his attempt to give the film's Jewish protagonist a human touch makes the film the most successful propaganda film ever made ...
A heart-wrenching story about the seductiveness - and price - of evil.

AWARDS

• Austrian Film Price 2011 for "Best Make-up Artist"
• Award for "Best Actor" for Moritz Bleibtreu - Festival des Deutschen Films 2010, Ludwigshafen
• Romy for "Best Cinematographer" 2011