Salome

The Glory And Excitement Of Rome... In All Its Greatness and Badness!

5.919531h 43m
NR
Released
Drama
Romance

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 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...

StatusReleased
Release Date1953-03-24
Runtime1h 43m
LanguagesItalianoEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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CinemaSerf

Mar 28, 2022

6/10

This is one of those films that just doesn't ever quite spark - despite a cast that ought to have delivered an epic. Charles Laughton and Judith Anderson gel well as the rulers of Judea under Roman occupation. When her daughter (Rita Hayworth) returns home, she starts to use her feminine wiles on her stepfather to force him to face his fears and de

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