Crown of Thorns
Released: December 24, 1923Runtime: 102 minLanguage: DE
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
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Gregori Chmara
as Jesus Christus
Henny Porten
as Maria
Asta Nielsen
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Werner Krauss
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Emanuel Reicher
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Alexander Granach
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Theodor Becker
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Robert Taube
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Bruno Ziener
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Hans Heinrich Von Twardowski
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