"From the silent film produced in Munich," "Nathan the Wise, only one copy has been found." "It was found in Gosfilmofond, in Moscow, under the title "Conquest of Jerusalem."" "In 1997, the Munich Film Museum obtained a copy." "In 2006, following notes from the censors, the title was renamed and corrected," "And tints were restored according to the conventions of the 1920s." "NATHAN THE WISE" "Written by Hans Kyser, based on the play "Nathan the Wise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing." "Director, Manfred Noa" "Artistic advisor, Leo Pasetti" "Sets, Karl Machus and Otto Völkers" "Set Decoration by Peter Rochelsberg" "Costumes, Walter Wesen" "Photography, Gustave Preiss, Hans Karl Gottschalk" "CHARACTERS:" "The Sultan Saladino, Fritz Greiner" "Assad Von Filneck, his brother, Carl de Vogt" "Sittah, his sister, Lia Eibenschütz" "Nathan, Werner Krauss" "Recha, Bella Muzsnay" "Daja, the Christian nurse of Recha, Margarete Kupfer" "A young Templar, Carl de Vogt" "Brother Bonafide (Squire Assad)" "Rudolf Lettinger" "Al-Hafi, dervish, Ferdinand Martini" "The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Ernst Schrumpf" "The Grand Master of the Templars, Max Schreck" "The Sultan's sword bearer, Wolfgang von Schwind" "The Sultan's fool, Ernst Matray" "PRELUDE" "Allah Almighty and merciful!" "Save the life of my beloved wife, ..." "Do not make her pay because" "I, for her belief, denied the faith of my fathers ..." "She's dead!" "[Letter] Konrad von Filneck to Assad, Duke of Schwabia," "Knight of the Order of the Templars." "In the hour of death, I ask you in the name of Jesus Christ to remember your promise to rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck, and give him the adopted name of" "Curd von Stauffer." "God will reward you." "In the same way, have our newborn daughter baptized with the name of" "Blanda and ..." "Sir!" "Save yourself!" "The Saracen Saladin is approaching!" "My son, save my son!" "God protect our children, Leu and Blanda." "Assad von Filneck" "Sultan Saladin." "Mighty Sultan!" "The grace of Allah let us find this picture of your missing brother, who Prince Assad has long sought." "God protect our children, Leu and Blanda." "Assad von Filneck" "Bury my brother's wife with all royal honors!" "Search for the child." "Whoever finds it is a friend of Saladin!" "The defeated Crusaders used their weapons to go looting from town to town." "Nathan with his sons." "Outside there is killing and looting!" "Remember the Maccabees!" "To arms!" "No hand may be raised in violence!" "The Lord is our shepherd ..." "We are all under the protection of the Almighty!" "My wife!" "My children!" "And Nathan fell down on his face for three days and three nights before God and cried ..." "Nathan and lashed out at God and cursed men ..." "Save this child of the Saracens!" "Have you seen a horseman with a child?" "You took my 7 children, God." "Then you returned one to me!" "Praised be thy name!" "FIRST ACT." "The religious wars of the fanatics burned from morning to night" "The war fanned from east and west among the people." "After besieging Jerusalem for months," "Saladin gave the order to attack." "The Holy Sepulcher calls you into the final battle." "Do not forget that Saladin has sworn to put to death every Templar Knight." "With the capture of the castle of the Templars he had broken their last resistance." "The Jerusalem Christians remained at the mercy of the victor." "[Decree] We, Sultan Jussuf-ben-Eijub" "Saladino, Savior of the faith, take Jerusalem into our domain." "Whoever took up arms against us may pay a ransom of ten pieces of gold, to enjoy freedom, along with his wife and children, and all their property." "Whoever does not do so, is in our hands." "There will be no leniency for the Knights Templar, who will suffer at our nefarious ends." "We guarantee to the Christian Patriarch of" "Jerusalem the right to deliver justice hereinafter on Christians remaining in the city, according to civil and canonical law." "Who sows blood harvests iron." "In Jerusalem, Islam triumphed." "Christian Warriors could redeem in gold, and escape the horrible fate of slavery." "Recha." "Daja, rejoice!" "Father is going to redeem these poor slaves!" "Nathan, you are like Christ!" "I'm only a man!" "To the Templars, the captives had one sentence." "Princess Sittah, sister of Saladin" "I want to die as a Knight and a Christian!" "What is your name, knight?" "Curd von Stauffer!" "This one is free!" "Take the others to the citadel." "God protect our children, Leu and Blanda." "Assad von Filneck" "And Recha thought of her father's prayers in the past." "Fire!" "Fire!" "Recha is in the house!" "Save her!" "Save her!" "Father, my father!" "Saladin!" "You give me life." "Thank you for my life!" "SECOND ACT." "For quite a while Recha had had" "Thoughts about her wonderful salvation filled with fearful dreams." "I have seen him again, my guardian angel, and he told me to give thanks to God." "At the Wailing Wall." "I don't want to have anything to do with you and yours!" "Recha ..." "Where is Recha?" "Brother Bonafides." "It would be easy for a few valiant men" "To take Saladin's life ... so says the Patriarch" "Think of your brothers, the" "Templar captives ... so says the Patriarch" "I owe Saladin my life!" "Should I take his?" "Never!" "Al-Hafi, a dervish." "I saw an angel, face to face." "She still longs for him!" "Her savior was a Templar knight pardoned by Saladin." "Go, invite all the poor to celebrate with me" "A feast of thanksgiving!" "Who is the party for?" "For your angel, Recha!" "Nathan cordially invites you ..." "To a feast -- music, dance and Recha await you!" "He said he would not come to the home of a Jew!" "Even though Saladin's coffers were empty," "He continued to feed the poor." "You dole out miserably!" "Only a beggar knows how to feed a beggar." "Change clothes with him!" "He is not to blame!" "Nathan is giving a feast for the poor!" "Is he so rich?" "Bring the Jew here!" "He shall fill my empty coffers!" "Give me this coat for Recha." "She wants to go down on her knee to thank her savior." "Nathan, I am ashamed" "You misunderstood me a moment ago." "THIRD ACT" "It is not my fault ..." "Saladin orders you to come right away ..." "He threatens disaster otherwise!" "Hasn't he pardoned you, and though you" "Pardoned me seven times over?" "What if I love him?" "My heart has a strange peacefulness!" "New Crusaders have landed in Akkon." "Prepare the standard of the prophet!" "Mighty Sultan!" "Nathan has appeared ..." "Bringing pots of coins to the treasure chamber." "Bring the three greatest!" "Let me return to my desert!" "I am afraid I will forget how to be a man as long as I am here!" "The true king is really a beggar!" "Your name is Nathan?" "Nathan the Wise?" "Give me proof of your reputation:" "You are a Jew, I am a Muslim, and Christ is among us." "Of these three religions only one may be true!" "Decide, oh wise one!" "Princess Sittah, Restore Nathan to us!" "How much is Nathan worth?" "A ring?" "Nice rock!" "How do I say?" "The poor call him the tears of God!" "Before I answer your question about the true religion," "May I tell you a story?" "A man once lived in the far east and possessed a valuable ring ..." "The stone ring had a secret power of ... making someone at peace with God and man ..." "So he left the ring to his beloved son and decided that it should be passed on   over the course of generations, it came to the father of three sons  For him, each was as beloved" "and as good as the other..." "In order not to offend any of his children," "The father created two other rings, each exactly alike, and gave one to each child in secret and blessed them" "Just as the father was dying, the children arrived, each with his ring, to claim the estate." "More tests were made, but they failed to find the authentic ring." "As the true faith ..." "So the brothers went to court, swearing to the judge that each had received the true ring from his father ..." "The wise judge said, "The real ring has the power to make men at peace" ""with God and man." "That must be decisive ... "" ""Check each one and the power of his ring in the spirit of noble competition."" ""Whoever holds the highest good:" "love of mankind!"" ""Has the true ring!"" "Therefore, the Sultan, whoever acted on the words of that wise judge," "Has the true religion!" "The ransom of the poor for the rich!" "Give me the ring!" "Every time I see true love of mankind, without prejudice, I will remember what God gave me!" "FOURTH ACT." "I would ask another favor." "These are troubled times." "My money would be more secure with you ..." "Let me thank you!" "and the life of the young Templar!" "God protect our children, Leu and Blanda, Assad von Filneck" "The time has come for the truth!" "We're ready!" "Look for a reason to strike!" "Do you love the Templar?" "I do not know, Father!" "I put aside the uniform that separates us!" "Give me Recha as a wife!" "I cannot give her to you!" "Have patience!" "A Jew is always a Jew!" "So listen, Knight:" "Recha is not Jewish." "She is a Christian and Nathan is not her father!" "Take me to the Patriarch!" "Free your conscience and mine!" "Give Recha to the Templar as his wife!" "Hurry!" "Take these treasures to Saladin!" "Nathan the Jew has a Christian child despite his beliefs." "I, Curd von Stauffer, Knight of the Order of the Templars, have a claim against Nathan the Jew. .." "According to the rights under our Charter, we demand that Sultan Saladin" "Deliver Nathan to our courts, to be judged according to civil and canonical law!" "Judge him truly!" "Recha!" "Recha!" "For your salvation, Recha:" "You were born a Christian and Nathan is not your father!" "What brings you here, my young friend, you who are a faithful likeness to Assad?" "Before you, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, appears the noble Curd von Stauffer," "Knight of the Order of the Templars, who has made a claim before this assembly against the Jew, Nathan  and Nathan gave all this money for your life." "According to the rights under our Charter ..." "You must now make you own way to the end of this matter." "You yourself must put Nathan in prison." "Here is my seal." "My Father, nobody is going to separate us!" "According to our Charter rights, which Saladin granted us after the capture of the city, anyone who has a claim against a Jew may have the Patriarch judge him according to civil and canonical law." "If we are wrong, forgive us for our love!" "Forgive me!" "FIFTH ACT." "War, Saladin?" "Remember the ring!" "Sentencing according to civil an canonical law:" "The Jew will be burned   and his purported daughter will be sent to a convent." "I once served as a squire to a knight." "Read his last message!" "[Letter] Konrad von Filneck to Assad, Duke of Schwabia," "In the hour of death, I ask you in the name of Jesus Christ to remember your promise to rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck, ..." "The knight, Leu von Filneck, asks for an audience!" "Clemency for Nathan!" "My life in exchange for his!" "In what name do you ask for clemency?" "[Letter] Konrad von Filneck to Assad, Duke of Schwabia," "And that you rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck, who is with you at this time, and , to rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck, ... and give him the adopted name of Curd von Stauffer." "And that God will reward you." "In the same way, we get a daughter of the holy baptism" "Blanda's name and that ..." "Have mercy on my father!" "Take him to the prison with the other Templars, and take this girl to Nathan!" "Have confidence in me!" "Does not your ring teach you to be at peace with God and man?" "SIXTH ACT." "The Patriarch's message:" "As expected, Saladin has broken his word." "Return immediately to Jerusalem!" "The Templar Knights are marching on Jerusalem!" "The Patriarch asked the Sultan Saladin" "To put his stamp on the decision of the ecclesiastical court!" "Invite the Patriarch and his entourage tomorrow" "To attend the execution of the sentence in the citadel!" "The day of the trial." "Sultan Saladin asks you to attend the execution of the sentence" "At the citadel." "He will give you a hostage" "For every man that goes to Jerusalem." "Prepare to receive your judgment!" "My word requires me to pronounce a terrible sentence upon you." "If I do not, these walls will be stained with blood tomorrow." "War or Peace:" "You yourself pronounce the judgment!" "It is better for one man to die than all of humanity to be stricken with more hate and guilt." "I'm ready!" "Nathan, the child that you reared in noble humanity has not been baptized." "Your sublime example has shown us all the path of true wisdom and love of our neighbor." "You're free!" "The people shall live in the future in peace and harmony with one another." "That's why we give freedom to the captive Templars!" "No more religious hatred shall separate the peoples of east and west." "We thus transfer solemnly to Christianity the tomb of their Redeemer as a place of eternal pilgrimage." "Blanda Von Filneck, you are my brother's daughter!" "Leu von Filneck, now comes the hardest test of your heart:" "This is your sister!" "Your people submit!" "Your people are of different religions, habits and opinions," "Support them and help them!" "Be men!" "END"