The Ancient Law
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.
Casts & Crew
Ernst Deutsch
Henny Porten
Ruth Weyher
Hermann Vallentin
Werner Krauss
Margarete Schlegel
Avrom Morewski
Also Directed by E.A. Dupont
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