The Ancient Law
German	Das alte Gesetz
Directed by	E. A. Dupont
Written by	Heinrich Laube Paul Reno
Starring	Henny Porten Ruth Weyher Hermann Vallentin Avrom Morewski
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Production company	Comedia-Film
Release date	29 October 1923 (1923-10-29)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

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.^[1] The son of an Orthodox Rabbi faces hostility from his father when he decides to become an actor.

Cast

• Henny Porten as Archduchess Elisabeth Theresia
• Ruth Weyher as court lady
• Hermann Vallentin as Heinrich Laube
• Avrom Morewski (Abraham Morewski) as Rabbi Mayer
• Ernst Deutsch as Baruch, his son
• Grete Berger as his mother
• Robert Garrison as Ruben Pick
• Margarete Schlegel as Esther, his daughter
• Jakob Tiedtke as Director of the Actors
• Olga Limburg as his wife
• Alice Hechy as second daughter
• Julius Brandt as an old comedian
• Fritz Richard as Nathan the professor
• Wolfgang Zilzer as page
• Kálmán Zátony as Joseph Wagner
• Robert Scholz
• Alfred Krafft-Lortzing
• Dominik Löscher
• Philipp Manning

References

External links

• The Ancient Law at IMDb

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