The Wandering Jew

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.

Directed by Maurice Elvey

Top cast

Conrad Veidt

Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

Marie Ney

Judith (Phase I)

Basil Gill

Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

C

Cicely Oates

Rachel (Phase I)

Anne Grey

Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Bertram Wallis

Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)

H

Hector Abbas

Isaachar (Phase II)

Dennis Hoey

Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Jack Livesey

Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)

K

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)

Details