The Ancient Law
- Henny Porten: Archduchess Elisabeth Theresia
- Ruth Weyher: maid of honor
- Hermann Vallentin: Heinrich Laube
- Avrom Morewski: Rabbi Mayer
- Ernst German: Baruch, his son
- Grete Berger: His mother
- Werner Krauss: Nathan, the professor
- Margarete Schlegel: Esther, his daughter
- Jakob Tiedtke: Director of Actors
- Olga Limburg: his wife
- Alice Hechy: Both daughter
- Julius Brandt: An old comedian
- Robert Scholz
- Alfred Krafft Lortzingstraße
- Dominik extinguisher
- Philip Manning
- Fritz Richard Nathan, the school knocker
- Wolfgang Zilzer Page
- Kálmán Zátony: Joseph Wagner
The Old Law is a German silent film directed by Ewald André Dupont from the year 1923.
Action
In the mid-19th century, the rabbi Baruch son decides, against the will of his father to leave his Galician shtetl to become an actor. First, he joins a traveling theater, where the Austrian Archduchess Elisabeth Theresa takes a liking to him and gives a commitment through their influence at Vienna's Burgtheater. Baruch manages to be a celebrated and successful star. His father, Rabbi Mayer, is horrified by this life and violates his son. When he visited but a performance of Don Carlos with his son, he is deeply impressed by the acting talent of his son he sees this as a gift of God and forgives him after a discussion. Baruch heard back home where his childhood sweetheart, Esther was waiting for him.
Background
The film premiered on 29 October 1923 in Germany. He's 7 acts long and was released for the youth. He is intact and is occasionally performed in public.
The Filmbauten were designed by Alfred Young and performed by Curt Kahle. The costumes by Ali Hubert.
Reception
In the film magazines Film-Kurier and photo - Stage 1923 extensive receptions published.
"It succeeds Dupont, to make the atmosphere of this film so different worlds visible: the ghetto milieu that is separated by an almost insurmountable wall of the outside world and this world itself; made here vividly and the Burgtheater Vienna by means of the sixties, which is supported by the rhythms of the waltz of Johann Strauss the essence of all art par excellence. "
"And now Dupont Director: Certainly, he has committed through lengths and widths errors. But they are as forgivable! Must we not adhere involuntarily lovingly at the description of this milieu that is necessary to bring deeper understanding? With a few papercuts this Mängelchen must be eliminated. And how they are compensated by ravishing Director subtleties wonderful images seen and decency of the lines, which may not always have been easy in the Heikligkeit of the topic. "