Series synopsis
A History of Antisemitism, also known as Histoire de l'antisémitisme is a French documentary television series that premiered on ARTE on April 12, 2022. It ended on April 12, 2022. It was created by Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal, Jonathan Hayoun. It stars Christian Gonon, David Nirenberg, Nathalie Cohen and Peter Schäfer.
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
Premise
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Christian Gonon as Self - Narrator (voice)
- David Nirenberg as Self - Historian
- Nathalie Cohen as Self - Historian
- Peter Schäfer as Self - Historian
- Antoine Guggenheim as Self - Theologist
- Joël Kotek as Self - Historian
- Alain Vanier as Self - Psychoanalyst
- Sylvie-Anne Goldberg as Self - Historian
Supporting cast
- Brian A. Catlos as Self - Historian
- Ghaleb Bencheikh as Self - Islamologist
- Joanna Tokarska-Bakir as Self - Anthropologist
- Sarah Lipton as Self - Historian
- Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci as Self - Historian
- Maurice Kriegel as Self - Historian
- Robert Jan van Pelt as Self - Historian
- Robert Badinter as Self - Lawyer
- Pierre Birnbaum as Self - Historian
- Dominique Sopo as Self - Economist
- Denis Charbit as Self - Historian
- Michael Brenner as Self - Historian
Guest cast
- Alfred Dreyfus as Self - Army Officer (voice) (archive footage)
- Vladimir Lenin as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Leon Trotsky as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Walther Rathenau as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Henri Torres as Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
- Sigmund Freud as Self - Psychoanalyst (archive footage)
- David Ben-Gurion as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Golda Meir as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Joseph Stalin as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Rudolf Slánský as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Simon Orenstein as Self - Slánský's Trial Key Witness (voice) (archive footage)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 4 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 4 | April 12, 2022 | April 12, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
In the Beginning: 38-1144 A history of anti-Jewish feeling from ancient Alexandria to the crusades. |
April 12, 2022 |
| 2 |
Rejection: 1144-1791 1144 - 1791: the gradual dehumanisation of the Jewish people, from the first "Jewish nose" in Christian painting and the stereotype of the "rich usurer" to the expulsion of the Jews from the great kingdoms of Europe. |
April 12, 2022 |
| 3 |
Emancipation to the Holocaust: 1791-1945 Liberty, equality, fraternity? The French Revolution gave European Jews hope that discrimination would end. However, political movements and pseudo-scientific trends generated new forms hatred of Jews, under a new term: "anti-Semitism". |
April 12, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ARTE |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 12, 2022 |
| Last aired | April 12, 2022 |
| Runtime | 57 minutes |
| Status | ended |