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..
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.
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











