Salome

Salome

1953 · 103 min · EN · NR · 5.7 (34 votes)
Dir. William Dieterle · Starring Rita Hayworth, Charles Laughton, Stewart Granger, Judith Anderson, Alan Badel, Cedric Hardwicke · Music George Duning

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

DramaRomance

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...

VIBE

A lavish, operatic spectacle of religious fervor and forbidden desire. Its grand visuals and dramatic performances immerse you in a world of political intrigue and intense personal stakes, culminating in a fateful, iconic dance.

opulentdramaticsensualtragicsteadyepichistorical dramacostume dramacinematic spectaclefaithlustpowerprophecy
roman empire
MORE LIKE THIS — multi-vector + why, diversified