Showing of “Jud Suess,” English film based on Lion Feuchtwanger’s novel, “Power,” was forbidden today by the Austrian government.
For the past week the government and semi-official government press in Vienna has been carrying on a campaign against showing the film. The Reichspost, official government organ, declared that it was impossible to show the film in Vienna without anti-Jewish riots, since the picture “was filled with pro-Jewish propaganda and blasphemy.” Other newspapers also carried inciting articles against the film, threatening anti-Jewish disturbances if showing was not prohibited.
At first Vienna police officials stated that after cutting objectionable parts the film would be shown.
In the United States the picture was shown under the title, “Power.”
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