The Wandering Jew

Maurice Elvey
1933-11-15


7.6
110 min

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.

Cast

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