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Nathan der Weise (1922)
Directed by Manfred Noa
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.
Length 128 minutes
Actors
Werner Krauss | Maximilian Schreck | Margarete Kupfer | Carl de Vogt | Fritz Greiner | Wolfgang von Schwindt | Rudolf Lettinger | Ernst Matray | Lia Eibenschütz | Ferdinand Martini | Bella Muzsnay | Ernst Schrumpf