The Ancient Law

Name: The Ancient Law
Genre: Drama
Released: 1923
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 6.818

1923 · 128 min

Drama

★ 6.8

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Baruch Mayer, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the family tradition and leave the shtetl to become an actor.

Crew

Director E.A. Dupont
Writer Paul Reno
Writer Heinrich Laube
Director of Photography Theodor Sparkuhl

Cast

Ernst Deutsch
Baruch Mayer
Henny Porten
Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia
Ruth Weyher
Hofdame
Hermann Vallentin
Heinrich Laube
Werner Krauss
Nathan, der Professor
Margarete Schlegel
Esther, seine Tochter
A
Avrom Morewski
Rabbi Mayer
G
Grete Berger
Mother
Robert Garrison
Ruben Pick
Jakob Tiedtke
Direktor
Olga Limburg
Frau
Alice Hechy
Tochter

Crew

Director — E.A. Dupont
Writer — Paul Reno
Writer — Heinrich Laube
Director of Photography — Theodor Sparkuhl

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