Jud Süß

Jud Süß may refer to:

• Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698–1738), German-Jewish financier whose life and ultimate execution formed the basis for literary, stage, film and television representations

In literature

• Jud Süß (Hauff novel), 1827 novella by 22-year-old German poet and writer of historical romances, Wilhelm Hauff, who recounts, in semi-fictional manner, rise and fall of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer
• Jud Süß (Feuchtwanger novel), 1925 novel by German-Jewish playwright and novelist Lion Feuchtwanger; another partly fictional version, translated into English as Power

In theatre

• Jud Süß (Feuchtwanger play), 1927 adaption by Feuchtwanger of his 1925 novel; translated and produced in October 1929 by New York's Yiddish theatre star Maurice Schwartz
• Josef Suss (Dukes play), 1929 play by English dramatist Ashley Dukes, who based it on Feuchtwanger's novel; in London September 1929; on Broadway in New York January 1930
• Jud Süß (Kornfeld play), 1930 theatrical piece by Czech-Austrian-Jewish German-language playwright and literary critic Paul Kornfeld; first staged in Berlin (November 1930)

In film

• Jew Süss (1934 film), British film based on Lion Feuchtwanger's 1925 novel; directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Conrad Veidt as Joseph Süß Oppenheimer and praised by Jewish leaders as a sensitive portrayal of the causes and effects of anti-Semitism. Released in the US under the title Power(also 1934).
• Jud Süß (1940 film), Hitler-era German film notorious for its anti-Semitic propaganda; directed by Veit Harlan and starring Ferdinand Marian as Joseph Süß Oppenheimer
• Jew Suss: Rise and Fall, 2010 German film which depicts events behind 1940 production, with actors portraying Harlan, Marian, Goebbels, etc