Die Rothschilds - Aktien auf Waterloo (1940)
1940 · Feature film · 95 min · dir. Erich Waschneck
- Drama
- propaganda film
Synopsis
Anti-semitic Nazi propaganda "biography" of the Rothschilds, a German Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Erich Waschneck
- Writer
- Mirko Jelusich
- Studio
- UFA
- Released
- 1940-07-17
- Original title
- Die Rothschilds
- Running time
- 95 minutes
Cast & crew
- Erich Waschneck Director
- Herbert Gernot
- Ursula Deinert
- Waldemar Leitgeb
- Carl Kuhlmann
Bruno Hübner
Ludwig Linkmann
Herbert Wilk
Theo Shall
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Any Learned Student of Banking… · The Spanman · 2022-09-10
…Can understand this film without being a German Speaker. I speak English and Italian. I have no Germanic training, yet even I was able to follow the Rothschild plot to send false information concerning Napoleon’s showdown with Wellington at Waterloo. Rothschild sent by way of courier, the false report of Wellington’s defeat, when if fact, Napoleon had gone down in defeat. This enabled Nathan Meyer Rothschild to corner the Bank of England, establishing himself and his four brothers, as the richest men on earth. They remain the richest banking family in existence, estimated in 2022 to we worth…
★★★★ · educational · truthgone · 2022-03-06
Although the action doesn't pick up from the French "Revolution" and earlier, when the cabal began in earnest, it is highly educational in describing all the facts and characters in great detail. If you can ignore the seeding of the calamity to come, it is quite entertaining too.
