The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew
Release: 1933-11-15
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 7.6
Drama
Fantasy
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Twickenham Film Studios
Cast
Francis L. Sullivan
as Juan de Texada (Phase IV)
Abraham Sofaer
as Zapportas (Phase IV)
Conrad Veidt
as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
Alan Napier
as Knight (Phase II)
Hay Petrie
as Merchant (Phase III)
Bertram Wallis
as Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)
Joan Maude
as Gianella (Phase III)
Arnold Lucy
as Andrea Michelotti (Phase III)
Felix Aylmer
as Ferera (Phase IV)
Jack Livesey
as Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)
John Stuart
as Pietro Morelli (Phase III)
Ivor Barnard
as Castro (Phase IV)
Marie Ney
as Judith (Phase I)
Basil Gill
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Anne Grey
as Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
Dennis Hoey
as Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
Peggy Ashcroft
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
