The Wandering Jew

Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.

Drama Fantasy

Conrad Veidt

(Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios)

Marie Ney

(Judith (Phase I))

Basil Gill

(Pontius Pilate (Phase I))

Cicely Oates

(Rachel (Phase I))

Anne Grey

(Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II))

Bertram Wallis

(Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II))

Hector Abbas

(Isaachar (Phase II))

Dennis Hoey

(Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II))

Jack Livesey

(Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II))

Kiyoshi Takase

(Phirous (Phase II))

Alan Napier

(Knight (Phase II))

Joan Maude

(Gianella (Phase III))

John Stuart

(Pietro Morelli (Phase III))

Arnold Lucy

(Andrea Michelotti (Phase III))

Hay Petrie

(Merchant (Phase III))

Peggy Ashcroft

(Olalla Quintana (Phase IV))

Francis L. Sullivan

(Juan de Texada (Phase IV))

Felix Aylmer

(Ferera (Phase IV))

Ivor Barnard

(Castro (Phase IV))

Abraham Sofaer

(Zapportas (Phase IV))

Stafford Hilliard

(Juan, the Servant (Phase IV))

Robert Gilbert

(First Monk (Phase IV))

Conway Dixon

(Second Monk (Phase IV))