In the Republic of Utopia, because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them. Leo Strakosch is among the exiled. He is engaged to Counsellor's Linder's daughter. He gets into the Republic, in a clandestine way, to show to the society the wrongness of their anti-semitic prejudice. Bettauer's novel differs essentially from the film version. "Vienna" was named "Utopia." Even a happy ending was provided.
Johannes Riemann
as Leo Strakosch
Hans Moser
as Rat Bernart
Karl Tema
as Rat Linder
Anny Miletty
as Tochter Lotte
Eugen Neufeld
as Bundeskanzler
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
as Rat Volbert
Mizi Griebl
as seine Frau
Hans Effenberger
as Alois Carroni
Gisela Werbisek
as Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk)
Armin Berg
as Kommiss Isidor
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It is somewhat ironically apposite to watch this now in the UK where we are still having politically charged conversations about anti-Semitism. This silent film is a wonderfully satiric rendition of the Bettauer story about the citizens of a city who fear that it is steadily being taken over by the ...