The Wandering Jew (1933)
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.
- Released
- 1933-11-15
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Maurice Elvey, H. Fowler Mear
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Conrad Veidt as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
- Marie Ney as Judith (Phase I)
- Basil Gill as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
- Cicely Oates as Rachel (Phase I)
- Anne Grey as Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
- Bertram Wallis as Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)
- Hector Abbas as Isaachar (Phase II)
- Dennis Hoey as Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
- Jack Livesey as Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)
- Kiyoshi Takase as Phirous (Phase II)
- Alan Napier as Knight (Phase II)
- Joan Maude as Gianella (Phase III)
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