This Ancient Law (1923)
1923 · Silent film · 128 min · dir. E.A. Dupont
- Drama
Synopsis
Baruch Mayr, 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. Due to this behaviour his father bans him from his family. Baruch, who joined a small burlesque troupe is discovered by an Austrian Erzherzogin (archdutchess) who introduces him to the director of the most important Theater in Vienna, the Burgtheater. Baruch receives a contract there and becomes more and more an assimilated jew. But his…
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Details
- Director
- E.A. Dupont
- Writer
- Paul Reno
- Cinematography
- Theodor Sparkuhl
- Studio
- Comedia-Film
- Released
- 1923-10-29
- Original title
- Das alte Gesetz
- Running time
- 128 minutes
Cast & crew
E.A. Dupont Director
Ernst Deutsch
Henny Porten
Ruth Weyher
Hermann Vallentin
Werner Krauss
Margarete Schlegel- Avrom Morewski
- Grete Berger
