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
tobias moretti Ferdinand Marian
martina gedeck Anna Marian
Moritz bleibtreu Joseph Goebbels
justus von dohnányi Veit Harlan
armin rohde Heinrich George
martin feifel Knauf
ralf bauer Fritz Hippler
robert stadlober Lutz
paula kalenberg Kristina Söderbaum
milan peschel Werner Krauß
rolf zacher Erich Engel
heribert sasse Wilhelm Adolf Deutscher
anna unterberger Britta
erika marozsán Vlasta
Gudrun Landgrebe Mrs Frowein
johannes silberschneider Hans Moser
directed by Oskar Roehler
screenplay by Klaus Richter
dop Carl F. Koschnick
production designer Isidor Wimmer
costume design by Thomas Oláh
make up design by Björn Rehbein
Music Martin Todsharow
LINE PRODUCER Alexander Glehr
ProduCERS Franz Novotny, Markus Zimmer
World Premiere:
18th February 2010 in Competition of the 60th International Filmfestival Berlin
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Distribution Austria:
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