《古老法则》是属于剧情电影类型，演员主要是HennyPorten，主要剧情/介绍/评论BaruchMayr,sonofanorthodoxrabbifromapoorshtetlinGalizia,decidestobreakwiththefamilytraditionandleavetheshtetltobecomeanactor.Duetothisbehaviourhisfatherbanshimfromhisfamily.Baruch,whojoinedasmallburlesquetroupeisdiscoveredbyanAustrianErzherzogin(archdutchess)whointroduceshimtothedirectorofthemostimportantTheaterinVienna,theBurgtheater.Baruchreceivesacontractthereandbecomesmoreandmoreanassimilatedjew.ButhisrelationwiththeErzherzoginisn’tapprovedbytheAustriancourt,sotheyhavetoendit.Whenanoldfriendofhisfather,whoisalwaystravelingfromoneJewishcommunitytothenext(andhastoldhimfirstaboutthetheatresintheworld),Baruchbecomesalittlebithomesickandreturnsforaholidaytohisoldshtetltoseehisfolksandtopickuphischildhoodsweetheart.Buthisfatherwantshimnottoenterhishouse,sohereturnstoVienna,withhisbride.Buthisoldfrienddoesnotstoptryingtoconvincehisfatherofhiserrors.—StephanEichenberg