Nathan der Weise (1922)

Name: Nathan der Weise
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1922-12-28
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Fritz Greiner, Carl de Vogt, Lia Eibenschütz, Werner Krauss, Bella Muzsnay

Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

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Released 1922-12-28 · 128 min · Drama, History

Directed by Manfred Noa

Cast

Fritz Greiner as Sultan Saladin
Carl de Vogt as Assad von Filneck
Lia Eibenschütz as Sittah
Werner Krauss as Nathan
Bella Muzsnay as Recha
Margarete Kupfer as Daja
Rudolf Lettinger as Klosterbruder Bonafides
Ferdinand Martini as Al-Hafi
Ernst Schrumpf as Patriarch von Jerusalem
Max Schreck as Grossmeister der Templeherren
Wolfgang von Schwindt as Emir von Kurdistan
Ernst Matray as Spassmacher des Sultans