The Ancient Law (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.
- Released
- 1923-10-29
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- E.A. Dupont
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 11 votes
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
- Grete Berger as Mother
- Robert Garrison as Ruben Pick
- Jakob Tiedtke as Direktor
- Olga Limburg as Frau
- Alice Hechy as Tochter