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The Rothschilds
Overview
Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
Director and cast
- Erich Waschneck Director
- Erich Ponto as Mayer Amschel Rothschild
- Carl Kuhlmann as Nathan Mayer Rothschild
- Albert Lippert as James Rothschild
- Hans Stiebner as Bronstein
- Herbert Hübner as Turner
- Hilde Weissner as Sylvia Turner
- Hans Leibelt as König Ludwig XVIII.
- Bernhard Minetti as Fouché
- Herbert Wilk as George Crayton
- Albert Florath as Bearing
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