Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Manfred NoaDirector
- Hans KyserWriter
Cast
- Fritz GreinerSultan Saladin
- Carl de VogtAssad von Filneck
- Lia EibenschützSittah
- Werner KraussNathan
- Bella MuzsnayRecha
- Margarete KupferDaja
- Rudolf LettingerKlosterbruder Bonafides
- Ferdinand MartiniAl-Hafi
- Ernst SchrumpfPatriarch von Jerusalem
- Max SchreckGrossmeister der Templeherren
- Wolfgang von SchwindtEmir von Kurdistan
- Ernst MatraySpassmacher des Sultans