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The Ancient Law is a film of genre Drama directed by Ewald André Dupont with Henny Porten
The Ancient Law (1923)
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Add to a movie listThe 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.
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En 1860, dans un village juif de Galicie, le jeune Baruch, fils de rabbin, se découvre une passion pour le théâtre. Pour son père, pas question de laisser son fils prendre cette voie, aux antipodes des traditions séculaires de la religion juive. Mais Baruch, poussé par son désir de jouer, rompt avec son milieu et part sur les routes en rejoignant une troupe de comédiens itinérants. Remarqué par l’archiduchesse Élisabeth-Thérèse de Lorraine, devant laquelle il s’est produit, il devient vite une vedette des planches. Malgré son succès, Baruch reste habité par la nostalgie des siens, et tentera de renouer avec sa famille.Actors
Henny Porten
(Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia)
Ruth Weyher
(Hofdame)
Ernst Deutsch
(Baruch Mayer)
Werner Krauss
(Nathan, der Professor)
Jakob Tiedtke
(Direktor)
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