The Central Council of German Jews announced today it was bringing a court suit against the producer and distributor of a film which the Council said contained anti-Semitic passages “calculated to damage the position of the Jewish community in the federal republic.”
The film was produced by Helmut Kauetner and distributed by UFA. It has already had premiers in Stuggart and Dusseldorf. One of the objectionable passages has a player, who is accused of fraud, saying “I am not an American, not even a Jew.” At another point, the proprietor of a shady night club is called “filthy Jew.” The producer said the action of the Central Council was due to a “wretched misunderstanding.”
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