Salome

Salome

★ 5.8IMDb Score
Released:1953-03-24
Duration:103 min
Director:William Dieterle
Actors:Rita Hayworth, Charles Laughton, Stewart Granger, Judith Anderson, Alan Badel
Production:Columbia Pictures, The Beckworth Corporation
Keywords:roman empire

Overview:

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.

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