The Ancient Law

Overview

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.

Release date

Oct 29, 1923

Rating

6.3 / 10

Runtime

2 hours 8 minutes

Genres

Drama

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
No picture available
As Rabbi Mayer
Grete Berger
No picture available
As Mother
Robert Garrison
No picture available
As Ruben Pick
Jakob Tiedtke
As Direktor
Olga Limburg
As Frau
Alice Hechy
As Tochter
Julius Brandt
No picture available
As Komödiant
Robert Scholz
As
Kálmán Zátony
No picture available
As
Fritz Richard
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As Nathan
Wolfgang Zilzer
As Page

Crew

E.A. Dupont
Role: Director
Alfred Junge
Role: Production Design
Theodor Sparkuhl
Role: Director of Photography
Ali Hubert
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Role: Costume Design
Kurt Kahle
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Role: Production Design
Paul Reno
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Role: Writer
Heinrich Laube
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Role: Writer