Nathan der Weise

Nathan der Weise

128 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 28, 1922

Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

Nathan der Weise

128 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 28, 1922

Nathan der Weise
Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title Nathan der Weise
Directors Manfred Noa
Writers Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Hans Kyser

Cast

Fritz Greiner

as Sultan Saladin

Carl de Vogt

as Assad von Filneck

Lia Eibenschütz

as Sittah

Werner Krauß

as Nathan

Bella Muzsnay

as Recha

Rudolf Lettinger

as Klosterbruder Bonafides

Ferdinand Martini

as Al-Hafi

Ernst Schrumpf

as Patriarch von Jerusalem

Max Schreck

as Grossmeister der Templeherren

Wolfgang von Schwindt

as Emir von Kurdistan

Ernst Matray

as Spassmacher des Sultans