Nathan the Wise (film)

Nathan the Wise
Directed by	Manfred Noa
Written by	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (play) Hans Kyser
Produced by	Erich Wagowski
Starring	Fritz Greiner Carl de Vogt Lia Eibenschütz Werner Krauss
Cinematography	Hans Karl Gottschalk Gustave Preiss
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	29 December 1922
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Nathan the Wise (German: Nathan der Weise) is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Fritz Greiner, Carl de Vogt and Lia Eibenschütz. It is based on the 1779 play Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. It was made by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. The film provoked protests in Munich from far-right groups who felt it was too pro-Jewish.

In 2010 oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil released a soundtrack composed for the film entitled Trouble in Jerusalem.

Cast

• Fritz Greiner as Sultan Saladin
• Carl de Vogt as Assad von Filneck, sein Bruder / Junger Tempelherr
• Lia Eibenschütz as Sittah, seine Schwester
• Werner Krauss as Nathan
• Bella Muzsnay as Recha
• Margarete Kupfer as Daja, die christliche Pflegerin Rechas
• Rudolf Lettinger as Klosterbruder Bonafides - früherer Reitknecht Assads
• Ferdinand Martini as Al-Hafi, Derwisch
• Ernst Schrumpf as Patriarch von Jerusalem
• Max Schreck as Grossmeister der Tempelherren
• Wolfgang von Schwindt as Emir von Kurdistan
• Ernst Matray as Spassmacher des Sultans

Bibliography

• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: Jewish Presences in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Nathan the Wise at IMDb