George Arliss and Boris Karloff are the stars of this historical drama, which depicts the rise of the German Jews of the Rothschild family. The five sons of Rothschild were scattered among the capitals of Europe. Together, they became the largest and most powerful banking family in the history of the world. Arliss plays a Rothschild, and Karloff an anti-semetic Englishman. One light scene in the film is an Irish actor trying to play the British general Wellington; it is very funny. The Rothschild family ties its destiny to the defeat of Napolean and they become the banking kings of the world. Very interesting.
Review of The House of Rothschild
