The City Without Jews (1924)

Jews are expelled from the city of Utopia.

Director:

H.K. Breslauer

Writers:

Hugo Bettauer (story), H.K. Breslauer

Stars:

Johannes Riemann, Hans Moser, Karl Tema

Cast

Credited cast:
Johannes Riemann	...	Leo Strakosch
Hans Moser	...	Rat Bernart
Karl Tema	...	Rat Linder
Anny Miletty	...	Tochter Lotte Linder
Eugen Neufeld	...	Bundeskanzler
Ferdinand Mayerhofer	...	Rat Volbert
Mizi Griebl	...	Frau Volbert
Hans Effenberger	...	Alois Carroni
Gisela Werbisek	...	Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk)
Armin Berg	...	Kommiss Isidor
Sigi Hofer	...	Moritz
Armin Seydelmann	...	Oberhaupt der Staatskirche
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fritz Flemmich	...	Rabbiner
Artur Ranzenhofer	...	Ein blinder Jude
Josef Steinbach	...	Hausknecht

Storyline

Jews are expelled from the city of Utopia.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Austria

Release Date:

5 May 1924 (Austria)

Also Known As:

The City Without Jews

Company Credits

Production Co:

H. K. Breslauer-Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On March 10, 1925, National Socialist thug Otto Rothstock shot Hugo Bettauer, the author of the novel. On March 26, Bettauer died. Rothstock was lionized as a hero. He spent 18 months in prison. When he was released, he found himself very wealthy and resumed his career as a Nazi.

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Connections

Featured in Der ewige Dienstmann - Hans Moser im Porträt (2010)

User Reviews

it's a document

this movie is more or less a document about a book (Die Stadt ohne Juden) from Hugo Bettauer. As a movie itself it shows the typical problems of a film industry in Vienna in the beginning of the 20's.

It is on a meta level a great pleasure. A lot of very interesting people and locations. In the historical context the movie is one of the most interesting documents we have in the movie history of central Europe. It shows that people had an idea what there future would like to be. The most interesting part is the vision of a Vienna without an important minority. It seems like a vary of stereotypes but its a fact that some visions turned into real.

The locations are partly showing buildings and interiors of the 20's and were later identified as "typical Jewish". Like the sanatorium Purkersdorf , or the "jugenstil" interior.

The movie is a great puzzle of statements of the early 20's in an community before the big economic crises and the Holocaust.