Die Stadt ohne Juden (Film)

In the organizer's words:

SILENT FILM FROM 1924 BASED ON HUGO BETTAUER'S 1922 NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME

This film will be shown on January 17 following the performance of the play "Die Stadt ohne Juden", which is also based on the novel.

We are showing the restored version of the 2018 film

Tickets

If you have a ticket for the theater performances on January 16 or 17, you are welcome to come (or stay) and watch the film. We ask everyone else for a small donation.

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In 1922, the Austrian writer Hugo Bettauer (1872-1925) published his most successful bestseller "The City Without Jews". The satire on the hatred of Jews in the period after the First World War was a great success and was made into a film shortly afterwards. In retrospect, the plot seems surprisingly prophetic and not very grotesque: a right-wing nationalist and openly anti-Semitic government bans all Jews and everything Jewish from the fictional Utopia.

Content

Utopia, early 1920s: After the devastating world war, the economy of the still young republic lies idle. Unrest shakes the country and eventually leads to new elections. The Christian Social Party under its leader Karl Schwertfeger has recognized the supposed cause of all the problems and wins the hearts of the people with the slogan "Out with the Jews!"

The promise is put into practice: Within a few months, all Jewish residents and those with Jewish ancestors must leave the country and their property goes to the state.

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Duration: 91 minutes

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With:

Johannes Riemann
Eugen Neufeld
Hans Moser
Karl Thema
Anny Miletty
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
Mizi Griebl
Hans Effenberger
Gisela Werbezirk
Armin Berg
Sigi Hofer

Director: Hans Karl Breslauer

Screenplay: Hans Karl Breslauer, Ida Lenbach

Camera: Hugo Eywo

Price information:

If you have a ticket for the theater performances on January 16 or 17, you are welcome to come (or stay) and watch the film. We ask everyone else for a small donation.