The Ancient Law

Synopsis

Baruch Mayer, 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.

Top cast

Ernst Deutsch

Baruch Mayer

Henny Porten

Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia

Ruth Weyher

Hofdame

Hermann Vallentin

Heinrich Laube

Werner Krauss

Nathan, der Professor

Margarete Schlegel

Esther, seine Tochter

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Avrom Morewski

Rabbi Mayer

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Grete Berger

Mother

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Robert Garrison

Ruben Pick

Jakob Tiedtke

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