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The Eternal Jew (1940) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 62 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Fritz Hippler
- Starring
- Peter Lorre, Curt Bois, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Ernst Lubitsch, Charlie Chaplin
This Nazi propaganda film was produced to stir anti‑Semitic sentiment in Germany. It blends newly filmed scenes of Jewish neighborhoods in newly occupied Poland with earlier footage and photographs, portraying Jews as a threat and echoing Hitler’s claim that they conspired to undermine European civilization.
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