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 the king to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are (contrary to Scripture) nearing conversion to the new religion. And the famous climactic dance turns out to have unexpected implications...
as Princess Salome
as King Herod
as Commander Claudius
as Queen Herodias
as John the Baptist
as Tiberius Caesar
as Pontius Pilate
as Ezra the King's Advisor
as Micha
as Slave Master
as Marcellus Fabius
