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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
Fritz Greiner | Carl de Vogt | Lia Eibenschütz | Werner Krauss | Bella Muzsnay | Margarete Kupfer | Rudolf Lettinger | Ferdinand Martini | Ernst Schrumpf | Maximilian Schreck | Wolfgang von Schwindt | Ernst Matray