German actor Conrad Veidt is best remembered for playing Nazi Major Strasser in Casablanca. In reality, he was an ardent anti-fascist who left Nazi Germany for Britain, falsely claiming to be Jewish in solidarity with his Jewish wife. Using clips from Veidt’s films, acclaimed director Mark Rappaport imagines the actor narrating his life and career from the silent era—including his leading roles in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Man Who Laughs through to his Hollywood years where he often played a Nazi.
Mark Rappaport
Director, Writer
I Am Heath Ledger74%
For the Love of Spock73%
Gilbert67%
The Cheshire Murders65%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Public Speaking70%
Being James Bond77%
Directed by John Ford70%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
The Class of ‘9271%
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life64%
The Captains63%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
I Know That Voice71%
Love, Antosha74%
Night Will Fall76%
Joker: Put on a Happy Face80%
