| Credited cast: | |||
| Curt Bois | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Charles Chaplin | ... | Self (1931) (archive footage) | |
| Albert Einstein | ... | Einstein (archive footage) | |
| Adolf Hitler | ... | Self - Speaking at Reichstagssitzung (archive footage) | |
| Fritz Kortner | ... | Dimitri Karamasoff (archive footage) | |
| Peter Lorre | ... | Hans Beckert (archive footage) | |
| Ernst Lubitsch | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Rosa Luxemburg | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Mona Maris | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Léon Blum | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Kurt Gerron | ... | (archive footage) | |
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Leslie Hore-Belisha | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Emil Ludwig | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Richard Oswald | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Walther Rathenau | ... | Self (archive footage) |
The Jews of Poland (invaded by Germany in 1939) are depicted as filthy, evil, corrupt, and intent on world domination. Street scenes are shown prejudicially, along with clips from Jewish cinema of the day and photos of Jewish celebrities, while the narrator "explains" the Jewish problem. The climax and resolution of the film is Hitler's 1939 announcement that the Jewish race will meet its "annihilation" (Vernichtung). Written by Jamie McCarthy <jamie@mccarthy.org>
People might argue that this movie is full of lies, and thus have no value because its untruthfulness. I find the film very interesting because it is a opportunity for us to learn how things not always is how they seem to be. We must have in mind that the common people of that time didn't have the same horizon as people have now a day. Therefore it was easier to convince them.
I see the film as a reminder to not always trust what we are told.