Judith of Bethulia
1914, Film, 61 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 63
In the 7th-century B.C., the Assyrians storm the walls of the Jewish city of Bethulia, leaving its people frightened and ready to hand their homes over to the invaders. As the Assyrians close in, the citizens are cut off from the outside world, and they began to starve. Seeing her people's desperation, Jewish widow Judith poses as a harem worker, winning her entry into the Assyrian camp, where she plans to kill their general, Holofernes.
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast
- Blanche Sweet as Judith
- Henry B. Walthall as Holofernes
- Mae Marsh as Naomi
- Robert Harron as Nathan - Son of Eliah
- Kate Bruce as Marah - Judith's Servant
- Lillian Gish as The Young Mother
- J. Jiquel Lanoe as Holofernes' Eunuch Attendant
- Gertrude Bambrick as Lead Assyrian Dancer
- Dorothy Gish as The Crippled Beggar
- Harry Carey as Assyrian Traitor
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