The Ancient Law
Overview
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.
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
Avrom Morewski
Rabbi Mayer
Grete Berger
Mother
Robert Garrison
Ruben Pick

Jakob Tiedtke
Direktor

Olga Limburg
Frau

Alice Hechy
Tochter