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.

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Cast

Conrad Veidt

Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

Marie Ney

Judith (Phase I)

Basil Gill

Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

Cicely Oates

Rachel (Phase I)

Anne Grey

Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Bertram Wallis

Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)

Hector Abbas

Isaachar (Phase II)

Dennis Hoey

Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

Jack Livesey

Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)

Kiyoshi Takase

Phirous (Phase II)