The Ancient Law
| The Ancient Law | |
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| German | Das alte Gesetz |
| Directed by | E. A. Dupont |
| Written by | Heinrich Laube Paul Reno |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Production company | Comedia-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Ancient Law (
Orthodox Rabbi
faces hostility from his father when he decides to become an actor.
Cast
- Henny Porten as Archduchess Elisabeth Theresia
- Ruth Weyher as court lady
- Hermann Vallentin as Heinrich Laube
- Avrom Morewski (Abraham Morewski) as Rabbi Mayer
- Ernst Deutsch as Baruch, his son
- Grete Berger as his mother
- Robert Garrison as Ruben Pick
- Margarete Schlegel as Esther, his daughter
- Jakob Tiedtke as Director of the Actors
- Olga Limburg as his wife
- Alice Hechy as second daughter
- Julius Brandt as an old comedian
- Fritz Richard as Nathan the professor
- Wolfgang Zilzer as page
- Kálmán Zátony as Joseph Wagner
- Robert Scholz
- Alfred Krafft-Lortzing
- Dominik Löscher
- Philipp Manning
References
- ISBN 0520257901.
External links
- The Ancient Law at IMDb
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