The Ancient Law

The Ancient Law
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 dates	29 October 1923
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	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. The son of an Orthodox Rabbi faces hostility from his father when he decies to become an actor.

Cast

Henny Porten - Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia
Ruth Weyher - Hofdame
Hermann Vallentin - Heinrich Laube
Avrom Morewski - Rabbiner Mayer
Ernst Deutsch - Baruch, sein Sohn
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
Fritz Richard - Nathan the professor
Wolfgang Zilzer - Page
Kálmán Zátony - Joseph Wagner
Robert Scholz
Alfred Krafft-Lortzing
Dominik Löscher
Philipp Manning

Bibliography

Eisner, Lotte H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

The Ancient Law at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by E. A. Dupont

Europa postlagernd (1918)
Midnight (1918)
Der Teufel (1918)
Die Japanerin (1919)
Das Geheimnis des Amerika-Docks (1919)
The Mask (1919)
Die Spione (1919)
The Apache of Marseilles (1919)
Das Derby - Ein Detektivroman auf dem grünen Rasen (1919)
Alkohol (1919)
Der Würger der Welt (1920)
The Grand Babylon Hotel (1920)
The White Peacock (1920)
Whitechapel (1920)
Herztrumpf (1920)
Der Mord ohne Täter (1921)
The Vulture Wally (1921)
Kinder der Finsternis (1921)
Sie und die Drei (1922)
The Green Manuela (1923)
The Ancient Law (1923)
The Humble Man and the Chanteuse (1925)
Variety (1925)
Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
Moulin Rouge (1928)
Piccadilly (1929)
Atlantic (1929)
Atlantik (1929)
Atlantis (1930)
Two Worlds (1930)
Zwei Welten (1930)
Les deux mondes (1930)
Menschen im Käfig (1930)
Le cap perdu (1931)
Cape Forlorn (1931)
Salto Mortale (1931)
Salto Mortale (1931)
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
The Marathon Runner (1933)
Ladies Must Love (1933)
The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
Forgotten Faces (1936)
A Son Comes Home (1936)
Night of Mystery (1937)
On Such a Night (1937)
Love on Toast (1937)
Hell's Kitchen (1939)
The Scarf (1951)
Pictura: An Adventure in Art (1951, co-director)
Problem Girls (1953)
The Neanderthal Man (1953)
The Steel Lady (1953)
Return to Treasure Island (1954)

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