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The Ancient Law

The Ancient Law

1923•2h 8m•6.3/10
Drama

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6.3/10(9)

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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Production

Comedia-Film

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ernst Deutsch

Ernst Deutsch

Baruch Mayer

Henny Porten

Henny Porten

Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia

Ruth Weyher

Ruth Weyher

Hofdame

Hermann Vallentin

Hermann Vallentin

Heinrich Laube

Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss

Nathan, der Professor

Margarete Schlegel

Margarete Schlegel

Esther, seine Tochter

Avrom Morewski

Rabbi Mayer

Grete Berger

Mother

Robert Garrison

Ruben Pick

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

Direktor

Olga Limburg

Olga Limburg

Frau

Alice Hechy

Alice Hechy

Tochter

Julius Brandt

Komödiant

Robert Scholz

Robert Scholz

Kálmán Zátony

Fritz Richard

Nathan

Wolfgang Zilzer

Wolfgang Zilzer

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