The Moon of Israel (1924)

Original title

Die Sklavenkönigin

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, silent film, epic film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film tells a story of slaves and royalty in ancient Egypt, based on the biblical Exodus. A princess becomes involved with a Hebrew man, leading to conflict and the eventual departure of the Israelites.

epichistoricalbiblicaldramaticgrand-scalestatelysilent-eravisually-expansive

What happens

The Moon of Israel (German: Die Sklavenkönigin, or "The Queen of the Slaves") is a 1924 Austrian epic film. It was directed by Mihaly Kertész (later Michael Curtiz). The script was written by Ladislaus Vajda, based on H. Rider Haggard's 1918 novel Moon of Israel, which in its turn was inspired by the Biblical story of the Exodus. It was this film that brought Kertész to the attention of the studio head Jack L. Warner, who invited him to Hollywood in 1926, where he rapidly became Michael Curtiz and made a career with the Warner Studios. Shooting took place in Vienna with about 5,000 extras, in the studios of Sascha-Film, and outdoors in the Laaer Berg park area. The premiere was on 24 October 1924. The restored complete version of the film, which was thought to be entirely lost for many years, was first shown on 26 February 2005 in the Wiener Metro Kino. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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