1 Film Excess nomination:
Best Screenplay: Klaus Richter, Franz Novotny, Oskar Roehler (lost to Christopher Nolan for Inception)
+ Best German Movie of the Year
 |
| Moritz Bleibreu and Tobias Moretti in profiles on this poster for Oskar Roehler's Jew Suss: Rise and Fall |
Ferdinand Marian is a somewhat known German actor in 1939, when Hitler's propaganda minister Goebbels falls for his portrayal of a Jew and hires him for the lead as the despicable Jew in Veit Harlan's notorious propaganda film, Jud Süß.
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall is written by Klaus Richter (Die Schwarzen Brüder (2013)), Franz Novotny (Code Name 'Holec'/Deckname Holec (2016)) and great German co-writer-director Oskar Roehler (Lulu and Jimi/Lulu und Jimi (2009)), whose 10th feature it is, based on the true story and book about the true story, Ich War Jud Süss, by Friedrich Knilli (Das Hörspiel (1961)). The original, German title translates to 'Suss the Jew - film without conscience.'
One feels some natural sympathy for protagonist actor Marian, SPOILER who is nevertheless a swine, and, really, everything about the story of Jud Süss and the crimes of Nazi Germany in the period are simply horrific.
Tobias Moretti (The Dark Valley/Das Finstere Tal (2014)) does well as Marian, and Moritz Bleibtreu (Woman in Gold (2015)) is frightening as Goebbels. The film's look has been color-manipulated to look extra hideous, which seems oddly fitting to this very dark and pitiful chapter of German and human history. An important, highly well-made and fine film that you ought to search out.
Related posts:
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED III]
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess
Cost: Estimated 30 mil. €
Box office: 975k $
= Box office disaster
[Jew Suss: Rise and Fall premiered February 18 (Berlin International Film Festival) and runs 100 minutes. It was filmed from June - August 2009 in Germany, Austria and Italy as a German-Austrian co-production. It was met with hostility at its Berlin premiere from German critics, and reportedly only scraped together 50k admissions in Germany during its release. It was only released in 4 other, European countries. The cost and box office figures may not be completely accurate, but there is no doubt that this fine film suffered an unreasonably poor reception. 771 IMDb users have given Jew Suss: Rise and Fall an average 5.9/10 rating.]
What do you think of Jew Suss: Rise and Fall?
No comments:
Post a Comment