A Jewish family torn apart by WWI in a forgotten multilingual masterpiece.
Direction
Dupont's cramped, claustrophobic framing of domestic collapse.
Acting
Sieburg's devastating slow realization of betrayal.
Director
E.A. Dupont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a tri-lingual production—same sets, different casts, shot back-to-back for French and English markets.
Released months before the Reichstag elections that brought Hitler's NSDAP to 18%—audiences watching Jewish persecution on screen had no idea what was coming.
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