Head of a Tyrant (1959)

Original title

Giuditta e Oloferne

Directed by

Fernando Cerchio

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An apocryphal story of Judith who saves her people by seducing and then beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes. The film follows her dangerous mission into the enemy camp.

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What happens

Head of a Tyrant or Judith and Holofernes (Italian: Giuditta e Oloferne) is a 1959 historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini. An Italian-French co-production, it is part of the boom in Sword-and-sandal productions during the late 1950s. The film is based on the story of Judith Beheading Holofernes. A 1929 film Judith and Holofernes was also inspired by the tale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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