Nathan der Weise (1922)
Overview
Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Cast
Fritz Greiner
Sultan Saladin
Carl de Vogt
Assad von Filneck
Lia Eibenschütz
Sittah
Werner Krauss
Nathan
Margarete Kupfer
Daja
Rudolf Lettinger
Klosterbruder Bonafides
Ferdinand Martini
Al-Hafi
Max Schreck
Grossmeister der TempleherrenRecommendations
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