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The Ancient Law

E.A. Dupont

1923 • 2h 8m

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.

The Ancient Law

Cast

Ernst Deutsch

Ernst DeutschBaruch Mayer

Henny Porten

Henny PortenErzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia

Ruth Weyher

Ruth WeyherHofdame

Hermann Vallentin

Hermann VallentinHeinrich Laube

Werner Krauss

Werner KraussNathan, der Professor

Margarete Schlegel

Margarete SchlegelEsther, seine Tochter

Avrom MorewskiRabbi Mayer

Grete BergerMother

Robert GarrisonRuben Pick

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob TiedtkeDirektor

Olga Limburg

Olga LimburgFrau

Alice Hechy

Alice HechyTochter

Julius BrandtKomödiant

Robert Scholz

Kálmán Zátony

Crew

E.A. Dupont

E.A. DupontDirector

Alfred Junge

Alfred JungeProduction Design

Theodor Sparkuhl

Theodor SparkuhlDirector of Photography

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