Das alte Gesetz

Deutschland 1923 Spielfilm

The Ancient Law

In the mid 1800s in Galicia, Baruch, the son of an orthodox rabbi, yearns to become an actor. Against his father's will, he leaves the eastern European shtetl where he grew up and joins a travelling theatre troupe. Austrian archduchess Elisabeth Theresia becomes enamoured of the young man. Secretly in love with him, she arranges for him to join the company at Vienna's Burg Theatre, where he rises to become a celebrated star of the stage …

With its complex portrayal of orthodoxy and emancipation, E. A. Dupont's period film marks a highpoint of Jewish filmmaking in Germany.

Source: 68. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

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Duration:
7 Akte, 3028 m
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 05.10.1923, B.V.75., Genehmigt;
Zensur (DE): 18.10.1923, B.07801, Genehmigt

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 29.10.1923, Berlin, Marmorhaus, Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung für die städtische Volksspeisung

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Das alte Gesetz
  • Originaltitel (DE) Das alte Gesetz (Digital restaurierte Fassung 2017)

Versions

Original

Duration:
7 Akte, 3028 m
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 05.10.1923, B.V.75., Genehmigt;
Zensur (DE): 18.10.1923, B.07801, Genehmigt

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 29.10.1923, Berlin, Marmorhaus, Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung für die städtische Volksspeisung

Formatfassung

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Originaltitel (DE)
  • Das alte Gesetz (Digital restaurierte Fassung 2017)
Duration:
137 min
Format:
DCP 2K, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
viragiert
Screening:

Aufführung (DE): 16.02.2018, Berlin, IFF - Classics