The Jewess of Toledo (film)

{{Short description|1919 Austrian silent historical drama film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = The Jewess of Toledo

|image =

|caption =

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Die Jüdin von Toledo}}

|director = Otto Kreisler

|based_on = {{Based on|The Jewess of Toledo|Franz Grillparzer}}

|writer = Robert Land

|starring = Franz Höbling
Ida Norden
Thea Rosenquist
Josef Viktora

|studio = Helios Film

|distributor = Josef Rideg Film

|released = {{Film date|1919|8|1|df=yes}}

|runtime =

|country = Austria

|language = Silent
German intertitles

}}

The Jewess of Toledo (German: Die Jüdin von Toledo) is a 1919 Austrian silent historical drama film directed by Otto Kreisler and starring Franz Höbling, Ida Norden and Thea Rosenquist. It is an adaptation of the 1872 play The Jewess of Toledo by Franz Grillparzer which was based on the relationship between Alfonso VIII of Castile and Rahel la Fermosa in 12th century Spain.{{cite book|last=Prawer|first=Siegbert Salomon|author-link=Siegbert Salomon Prawer|title=Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933|publisher=Berghahn Books|series=Film Europa|page=63|orig-year=2005|year=2007|location=New York, NY|isbn=1845453034|jstor=j.ctt9qd8qp}}