The Wandering Jew

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Drama
Fantasy

Overview

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.

Keywords

anti-semitism
christianity
antisemitism
judaism
spanish inquisition
christ allegory

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 15, 1933
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Twickenham Film Studios
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0024750