The Wandering Jew
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
Cast
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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)
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Anne Grey Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II) -
Bertram Wallis Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II) - Hector Abbas Isaachar (Phase II)
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Dennis Hoey Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II) -
Jack Livesey Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II) - Kiyoshi Takase Phirous (Phase II)
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Alan Napier Knight (Phase II) -
Joan Maude Gianella (Phase III)
Make it a double feature
3h 10m together
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