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{de} Die Stadt ohne Juden / {en} The City Without Jews (1924), directed by Hans Karl Breslauer.

In the Republic of Utopia (Vienna), because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them. Leo Strakosch is among the exiled. He is engaged to Counsellor's Linder's daughter. He gets into the Republic, in a clandestine way, to show to the society the wrongness of their anti-Semitic prejudice.

The film is one of the few surviving Expressionist films from Austria. It was based on the novel of the same title by Hugo Bettauer. Some changes were made to reduce the controversial political impact of the content. The story was presented as the dream of an antisemite who at last comes to the realization that the Jews are a "necessary evil." Even a happy ending was provided. It remained controversial due to its criticism of antisemitism. There were frequent disturbances at performances. Shortly after the premiere of the film Hugo Bettauer was murdered by Otto Rothstock, a former member of the Nazi Party.