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Nathan der Weise

7.3 128 mins Drama   History   1922
Director(s): Manfred Noa

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.

Casts of Nathan der Weise

Fritz Greiner

as Sultan Saladin

Carl de Vogt

as Assad von Filneck

Lia Eibenschütz

as Sittah

Werner Krauss

as Nathan

Bella Muzsnay

as Recha

Rudolf Lettinger

as Klosterbruder Bonafides

Ferdinand Martini

as Al-Hafi

Ernst Schrumpf

as Patriarch von Jerusalem

Max Schreck

as Grossmeister der Templeherren

Wolfgang von Schwindt

as Emir von Kurdistan

Ernst Matray

as Spassmacher des Sultans

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