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Die Stadt ohne Juden (The City Without Jews) is a 1924 Austrian Expressionist film by H. K. Breslauer, based on the book of the same title by Hugo Bettauer. The film is one of the few surviving Expressionist films from Austria and has therefore been well researched. The film was first shown on 25 July 1924 in Vienna.
In his novel, published in 1922, Hugo Bettauer succeeded in creating a relatively accurate allegorical vision of the near future, although the book was intended as entertainment and as a satirical response to the primitive antisemitism of the 1920s. It immediately became Bettauer's most popular work: it was translated into several languages, and sold over a quarter of a million copies. Shortly after the premiere of the film Hugo Bettauer was murdered by Otto Rothstock, a former member of the Nazi Party, who was lionized by the antisemitic Austrian masses and was released from jail shortly after his conviction for murder.
Original Release
05/05/1924
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eugen Neufeld | Bundeskanzler |
Hans Moser | Rat Bernart |
Anny Miletty | Lotte / Tochter Lotte |
Johannes Riemann | Leo Strakosch |
Ferdinand Mayerhofer | Rat Volbert |
Mizi Griebl | Frau Volbert / seine Frau |
Karl Tema | Rat Linder |
Hans Effenberger | Alois Carroni / Alois Carroni-Cohn |
Gisela Werbisek | Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk) / Kathi |
Armin Berg | Kommiss Isidor / Isidor |
Directors
Writers
H.K. Breslauer, Hugo Bettauer, Ida Jenbach
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eugen Neufeld | Bundeskanzler |
Hans Moser | Rat Bernart |
Anny Miletty | Lotte / Tochter Lotte |
Johannes Riemann | Leo Strakosch |
Ferdinand Mayerhofer | Rat Volbert |
Mizi Griebl | Frau Volbert / seine Frau |
Karl Tema | Rat Linder |
Hans Effenberger | Alois Carroni / Alois Carroni-Cohn |
Gisela Werbisek | Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk) / Kathi |
Armin Berg | Kommiss Isidor / Isidor |
Armin Seydelmann | Oberhaupt der Staatskirche |
Theodor Weiser | Redakteur Dr. Kraus |
Albrecht Attems | Amandus Grohmann |
Laura Glucksman | Verkäuferin im Modesalon Bisquit & Bruder |
Abisch Meisels | Jüdisch Zeitungsleser |
Jona Reissmann | Zeitungsleser |
Salcia Weinberg | Kundin im Modesalon Bisquit & Bruder |
Leopold Strassmeyer | Mr. Huxtable |
Fritz Flemmich | Rabbiner |
Josef Steinbach | Hausknecht |