The Ancient Law
1923 film
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| German | Das alte Gesetz |
| Directed by | E. A. Dupont |
| Written by | Heinrich Laube Paul Reno |
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| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Production company | Comedia-Film |
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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
- ^ Eisner, Lotte H. (2008) [1952]. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. Translated by Greaves, Roger. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 275. ISBN 0520257901.
External links
- The Ancient Law at IMDb
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Films directed by E. A. Dupont
- Europe, General Delivery (1918)
- Midnight (1918)
- The Devil (1918)
- The Japanese Woman (1919)
- The Secret of the American Docks (1919)
- The Mask (1919)
- The Spies (1919)
- The Apache of Marseilles (1919)
- The Derby (1919)
- Alkohol (1919)
- World by the Throat (1920)
- The Grand Babylon Hotel (1920)
- The White Peacock (1920)
- Whitechapel (1920)
- Hearts Are Trumps (1920)
- Murder Without Cause (1921)
- The Vulture Wally (1921)
- Children of Darkness (1921)
- She and the Three (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, UK)
- Two Worlds (1930, Germany)
- 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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