FILM
this ancient law

GoetheKino|GoetheCine - Silent Movie Special

Wed, 12.09.2018
6:30 PM Goethe-Institut Ghana

Director: E. A. Dupont, b/w, 128 min., 1923

As part of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, the world premiere of the latest restoration of THIS ANCIENT LAW took place on February 16th, 2018 in the Friedrichstadt-Palast, with live music by Philippe Schoeller. It was the prelude to a cultural project drawing attention to Eastern Europe’s vital Jewish culture at the beginning of the 20th century and - with its range of restored films, contemporary music, literary readings, and panel discussions - unites almost 100 years of cultural history.

THIS ANCIENT LAW is one of the classics of Weimar cinema: in the mid-19th century, Baruch, the son of a rabbi, wants to become an actor. Against his father's will, he leaves the Eastern European shtetl where he grew up and joins a travelling theatre.