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Nathan der Weise
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.
Directed by Manfred Noa
74
User score
5 votes
Status
Released
Released
December 28, 1922
Runtime
2h 8m
Top cast
Fritz Greiner
Sultan Saladin
Carl de Vogt
Assad von Filneck
Lia Eibenschütz
Sittah
Werner Krauss
Nathan
Bella Muzsnay
Recha
Margarete Kupfer
Daja
Rudolf Lettinger
Klosterbruder Bonafides
Ferdinand Martini
Al-Hafi
Ernst Schrumpf
Patriarch von Jerusalem
Max Schreck
Grossmeister der Templeherren
Wolfgang von Schwindt
Emir von Kurdistan
Ernst Matray
Spassmacher des Sultans
