Berlin, 1939. Ferdinand Marian is an actor, one of the best of his generation. One day, he's offered the starring role in the new Nazi party's anti-Semitic production, a film based on the novel Jud Süss. Marian turns it down but finally gives in to Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' unrelenting pressure and even worse, his charm. The actor unwittingly plays into the Nazis' plans...
