
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.
Sultan Saladin

Assad von Filneck

Sittah

Nathan

Recha
Daja

Klosterbruder Bonafides

Al-Hafi

Patriarch von Jerusalem
Grossmeister der Templeherren

Emir von Kurdistan
Spassmacher des Sultans