Nathan the Wise (1922 film) - Directed by Manfred Noa - Full Movie

One of the main works of the Age of Enlightenment, a powerful plea in favor of tolerance, humanity and freedom of opinion. Set in the age of the crusades, it deals with the relations between the three monotheistic religions. Lessing includes the historical figure of Sultan Saladin, the Jewish merchant Nathan is a portrait of his friend, the renowned philosopher Moses Mendelssohn - when the play was published in 1779, this was considered breaching a taboo.

Nathan the Wise is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Fritz Greiner, Carl de Vogt and Lia Eibenschütz. It is based on the 1779 play Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. It was made by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. The film provoked protests in Munich from far-right groups who felt it was too pro-Jewish.

Directed by: Manfred Noa
Written by: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (play), Hans Kyser
Produced by: Erich Wagowski
Starring: Fritz Greiner, Carl de Vogt, Lia Eibenschütz, Werner Krauss
Cinematography: Hans Karl Gottschalk, Gustave Preiss
Production company: Bavaria Film
Distributed by: Bavaria Film
Release date: 29 December 1922
Running time: 128 minutes
Country: Germany
Languages: Silent, German intertitles