Drama

The City without Jews

In the Republic of Utopia, because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them. Leo Strakosch is among the exiled. He is engaged to Counsellor's Linder's daughter. He gets into the Republic, in a clandestine way, to show to the society the wrongness of their anti-semitic prejudice. Bettauer's novel differs essentially from the film version. "Vienna" was named "Utopia." Even a happy ending was provided.

Release Date : 1924-07-25

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : H. K. Breslauer-Film

Production Country : Austria

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Cast

Character Name : Leo Strakosch

Original Name : Johannes Riemann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Bernart

Original Name : Hans Moser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Linder

Original Name : Karl Tema

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tochter Lotte

Original Name : Anny Miletty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bundeskanzler

Original Name : Eugen Neufeld

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Volbert

Original Name : Ferdinand Mayerhofer

Gender : Male

Character Name : seine Frau

Original Name : Mizi Griebl

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alois Carroni

Original Name : Hans Effenberger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk)

Original Name : Gisela Werbisek

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kommiss Isidor

Original Name : Armin Berg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moritz

Original Name : Sigi Hofer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oberhaupt der Staatskirche

Original Name : Armin Seydelmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rabbiner

Original Name : Fritz Flemmich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ein blinder Jude

Original Name : Artur Ranzenhofer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hausknecht

Original Name : Josef Steinbach

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-06-06

It is somewhat ironically apposite to watch this now in the UK where we are still having politically charged conversations about anti-Semitism. This silent film is a wonderfully satiric rendition of the Bettauer story about the citizens of a city who fear that it is steadily being taken over by the Jews. Via a series of regulations and eventually law the Jewish are persecuted then ultimately banished. Thereupon, their chickens come home to roost; their city collapses into chaos and the Jews are invited to return - very much on their own terms. The futility and short-sightedness of a "blame culture" is writ large. Personally, I didn't see this as a precursor of the Holocaust; though I can see how the polarised vision of Jewish faith and ethics could certainly provide the oxygen ultimately required for such irrational hatred. It also served to remind me of the huge talents of the musicians who provided the accompaniments to many films like this.