The Ancient Law (1923)

Name: The Ancient Law
Genre: Drama
Released: 1923-10-29
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Ernst Deutsch, Henny Porten, Ruth Weyher, Hermann Vallentin, Werner Krauss

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.

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Released 1923-10-29 · 128 min · Drama

Directed by E.A. Dupont

Cast

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