Salomé

Salomé

1923 · 74 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (37 votes)
Dir. Charles Bryant · Starring Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Rose Dione, Earl Schenck, Arthur Jasmine
DramaFantasyHorror

Based on Oscar Wilde's play, the films tells the story of how Salomé agrees to dance for King Herod in return for the head of John the Baptist.

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A fever dream of opulent decay and forbidden desire. This silent spectacle is a hypnotic, unsettling journey into a world of grotesque beauty and religious transgression, where every gesture feels charged with dark, operatic intensity.

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