The Ancient Law

The Ancient Law

128 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 1923

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

128 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 1923

The Ancient Law
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Comedia-Film GmbH
Original title Das alte Gesetz
Directors E.A. Dupont
Writers Heinrich Laube, Paul Reno

Cast

Ernst Deutsch

as Baruch Mayer

Henny Porten

as Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia

Ruth Weyher

as Hofdame

Hermann Vallentin

as Heinrich Laube

Werner Krauß

as Nathan, der Professor

Margarete Schlegel

as Esther, seine Tochter

Avrom Morewski

as Rabbi Mayer