Die Stadt ohne Juden

Given the vaguely prophetic nature of the storyline, it’s a wonder that this Austrian silent has attracted so little attention in the years after the Second World War. The filmmaking itself is mostly unremarkable but the message - that scapegoating a minority people does nothing to aid a society in economic distress - is as relevant today as to the German-speaking world of 1924, and would sadly lead to the author’s murder by a Nazi less than twelve months after the film’s release.

If nothing else, a chilling look into what was then a look into the not too distant future....