Berlin, 1940. Austrian actor Ferdinand Maria is offered the starring role in the Nazi Film Department's anti-Semitic production Jew Suess. The part would make him a star. 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 and his attempt to give the film's Jewish protagonist a human touch makes the film the most successful propaganda film ever made...