Esther and the King (1960)

Directed by

Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava

Genre

sword-and-sandal film, romance film

Country

Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Queen Esther uses her position to save the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them. The story follows her marriage to King Ahasuerus and her courage in revealing a conspiracy.

biblicaldramaticromantichistoricalstatelycolorfulserious

What happens

Esther and the King (Italian: Ester e il re) is a 1960 religious epic film produced and directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Joan Collins as Esther, Richard Egan as Ahasuerus, and Denis O'Dea as Mordecai. Walsh and Michael Elkins wrote the screenplay, which was based on the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. An international co-production released by 20th Century-Fox, Esther and the King was filmed in Italy in the CinemaScope format (although not signed as such) and the Technicolor color process. Mario Bava, the film's cinematographer, was credited as a co-director on Italian prints of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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