The Wandering Jew
1933
110 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Conrad Veidt
Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
Marie Ney
Judith (Phase I)
Basil Gill
Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Cicely Oates
Rachel (Phase I)
Anne Grey
Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
Bertram Wallis
Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)
Hector Abbas
Isaachar (Phase II)
Dennis Hoey
Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
Jack Livesey
Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)
Kiyoshi Takase
Phirous (Phase II)
Alan Napier
Knight (Phase II)
Joan Maude
Gianella (Phase III)
John Stuart
Pietro Morelli (Phase III)
Arnold Lucy
Andrea Michelotti (Phase III)
Hay Petrie
Merchant (Phase III)
Peggy Ashcroft
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Francis L. Sullivan
Juan de Texada (Phase IV)
Felix Aylmer
Ferera (Phase IV)
Ivor Barnard
Castro (Phase IV)
Abraham Sofaer
Zapportas (Phase IV)
Stafford Hilliard
Juan, the Servant (Phase IV)
Robert Gilbert
First Monk (Phase IV)
Conway Dixon
Second Monk (Phase IV)