Esther (1999)

Directed by

Raffaele Mertes

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish woman named Esther becomes the queen of Persia. She uses her position to save her people from a plot to destroy them.

biblicaldramaticsoberperiod piecetenseroyalseriousinspiring

What happens

Esther, also known as The Bible: Esther, is a 1999 American-Italian-German television film based on the Book of Esther, directed by Raffaele Mertes and starring Louise Lombard as Queen Esther, F. Murray Abraham as Mordechai, Jürgen Prochnow as Haman, Thomas Kretschmann as King Achashverosh and Ornella Muti as Vashti. It aired in the United States on November 5, 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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