The Eternal Jew

The Eternal Jew

1940 · 62 min · DE · 4.7 (40 votes)
Dir. Fritz Hippler · Starring Mona Maris, Curt Bois, Fritz Kortner, Peter Lorre, Ernst Lubitsch, Rosa Luxemburg
Documentary

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.

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This film feels like a chillingly calculated assault on reason. It's a stark, hateful piece designed to incite fear and prejudice through distorted imagery and relentless condemnation, aiming to poison perceptions and justify persecution.

hatefulpropagandisticfear-mongeringmanipulativesteadyNazi propagandahistorical documentarymanipulative editingantisemitismpropagandadehumanizationpolitical manipulation
propagandaworld war iinational socialismjudaismthird reich (iii reich 1933-45)political documentaryantijudaism
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