

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.

Mona Maris
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Curt Bois
Self (archive footage)

Fritz Kortner
Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage)

Peter Lorre
Hans Beckert (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch
Self (archive footage)

Rosa Luxemburg
Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin
Self (1931) (archive footage)

Kurt Gerron
(archive footage)
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fritz Hippler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. The Eternal Jew is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”