JEW SUSS

2 Original 10 inch x 8 inch Black and White scene Stills for the 1934 Lothar Mendes Historical Drama JEW SUSS, based on the novel by Lion Feuchtwanger and starring Conrad Veidt, Benita Hume and Frank Vosper.

The story of life in the 18th century Jewish ghetto of Wurtemburg.

Conrad Veidt was a movie star favoured by the Nazis, but the actor, who was married to a Jewish woman, clearly rejected the anti-Semitic regime by taking up a star role in this film produced in England in 1933. Apparently he was then asked to reject the role, but refused and was subsequently arrested in Germany and his family and the British production company were told that he was ill and would not be able to travel. Only after the diplomatic intervention of the British government was Veidt finally able to leave. He never returned to Germany.

The stills, on doubleweight paper, are in very good condition.