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The City without Jews

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6.4/10 • 27

1924-07-251h 27m

Drama

In the Republic of Utopia, because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them. Leo Strakosch is among the exiled. He is engaged to Counsellor's Linder's daughter. He gets into the Republic, in a clandestine way, to show to the society the wrongness of their anti-semitic prejudice. Bettauer's novel differs essentially from the film version. "Vienna" was named "Utopia." Even a happy ending was provided.

Directors
H.K. Breslauer
Writters
Ida Jenbach, H.K. Breslauer

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  1. Johannes Riemann

    Johannes Riemann

    Leo Strakosch

  2. Hans Moser

    Hans Moser

    Rat Bernart

  3. Karl Tema

    Karl Tema

    Rat Linder

  4. Anny Miletty

    Anny Miletty

    Tochter Lotte

  5. Eugen Neufeld

    Eugen Neufeld

    Bundeskanzler

  6. Ferdinand Mayerhofer

    Ferdinand Mayerhofer

    Rat Volbert

  7. Mizi Griebl

    Mizi Griebl

    seine Frau

  8. Hans Effenberger

    Hans Effenberger

    Alois Carroni

  9. Gisela Werbisek

    Gisela Werbisek

    Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk)

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CinemaSerf

Jun 6, 2022

7/10

It is somewhat ironically apposite to watch this now in the UK where we are still having politically charged conversations about anti-Semitism. This silent film is a wonderfully satiric rendition of the Bettauer story about the citizens of a city who fear that it is steadily being taken over by the Jews. Via a series of regulations and eventually law the Jewish are persecuted then ultimately banished. Thereupon, their chickens come home to roost; their city collapses into chaos and the Jews are invited to return - very much on their own terms. The futility and short-sightedness of a "blame culture" is writ large. Personally, I didn't see this as a precursor of the Holocaust; though I can see how the polarised vision of Jewish faith and ethics could certainly provide the oxygen ultimately required for such irrational hatred. It also served to remind me of the huge talents of the musicians who provided the accompaniments to many films like this.

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Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
expressionism