The Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew

1933 · 110 min · ★ 7.4 · 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.

Directed by Maurice Elvey · Written by H. Fowler Mear

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Conrad Veidt Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
Marie Ney Judith (Phase I)
Basil Gill Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Cicely Oates Rachel (Phase I)
Anne Grey Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
Bertram Wallis Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)
Hector Abbas Isaachar (Phase II)
Dennis Hoey Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
Jack Livesey Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)
Kiyoshi Takase Phirous (Phase II)
Alan Napier Knight (Phase II)
Joan Maude Gianella (Phase III)

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