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Nathan der Weise (1922)

Nathan der Weise (1922)

Drama History
Release Date: 1922, December 28
Directors: Manfred Noa
Countries: Germany
Cast: Max Schreck, Werner Krauß, Lia Eibenschütz, Carl de Vogt, Ernst Matray, Margarete Kupfer, Wolfgang von Schwindt, Ernst Schrumpf, Fritz Greiner, Ferdinand Martini, Rudolf Lettinger, Bella Muzsnay

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.