The Ancient Law
| The Ancient Law | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | E.A. Dupont |
| Written by | Heinrich Laube Paul Reno |
| Starring | Henny Porten Ruth Weyher Hermann Vallentin Avrom Morewski |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Production company | |
Release date | 29 October 1923 |
Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Ancient Law (German: Das alte Gesetz) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by E.A. Dupont and starring Henny Porten, Ruth Weyher and Hermann Vallentin. The son of an Orthodox Rabbi faces hostility from his father when he decies to become an actor.
Cast
- Henny Porten - Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia
- Ruth Weyher - Hofdame
- Hermann Vallentin - Heinrich Laube
- Avrom Morewski - Rabbiner Mayer
- Ernst Deutsch - Baruch, sein Sohn
- Grete Berger - Seine Mutter
- Robert Garrison - Ruben Pick
- Werner Krauss - Nathan, der Professor
- Margarete Schlegel - Esther, seine Tochter
- Jakob Tiedtke - Direktor der Schauspieler
- Olga Limburg - seine Frau
- Alice Hechy - Beider Tochter
- Julius Brandt - Ein alter Komödiant
- Fritz Richard - Nathan the professor
- Wolfgang Zilzer - Page
- Kálmán Zátony - Joseph Wagner
- Robert Scholz
- Alfred Krafft-Lortzing
- Dominik Löscher
- Philipp Manning
Bibliography
- Eisner, Lotte H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. University of California Press, 2008.
External links
 | This 1920s drama film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article related to a German silent film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |