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Nathan der Weise (1967)

Nathan der Weise poster
Directed by
Franz Peter Wirth
Genre
drama
Country
Germany
Runtime
2h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a German TV play from 1967 about a wealthy Jewish merchant in Jerusalem who helps a Christian knight and later deals with a wise sultan. It explores questions of religious tolerance and shared humanity through conversations between the characters.

thoughtfulcontemplativestageddialogue-drivenphilosophicalseriousperiod

What happens

Nathan der Weise ist ein deutsches Fernsehspiel aus dem Jahr 1967 nach dem gleichnamigen Drama von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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