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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 decides to become an actor.
Original Release
10/29/1923
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henny Porten | Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia |
| Ruth Weyher | Hofdame |
| Hermann Vallentin | Heinrich Laube |
| Avrom Morewski | Rabbiner Mayer / Rabbi Mayer |
| Ernst Deutsch | Baruch, sein Sohn / Baruch Mayer |
| Grete Berger | Seine Mutter |
| Robert Garrison | Ruben Pick |
| Werner Krauss | Nathan, der Professor |
| Margarete Schlegel | Esther, seine Tochter |
| Jakob Tiedtke | Direktor der Schauspieler |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henny Porten | Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia |
| Ruth Weyher | Hofdame |
| Hermann Vallentin | Heinrich Laube |
| Avrom Morewski | Rabbiner Mayer / Rabbi Mayer |
| Ernst Deutsch | Baruch, sein Sohn / Baruch Mayer |
| 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 |
| Robert Scholz | |
| Alfred Krafft-Lortzing | |
| Dominik Löscher | |
| Philipp Manning | |
| Fritz Richard | Nathan the porfessor |
| Wolfgang Zilzer | Page |
| Kálmán Zátony | Joseph Wagner |
