Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia

1914 · 72 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (29 votes)
Dir. D.W. Griffith · Starring Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, Lillian Gish
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Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ready to surrender.

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A grand, silent spectacle of biblical proportions. Witness a desperate siege and a lone woman's audacious plan, told with dramatic flair and sweeping visuals. It’s a powerful, albeit dated, testament to faith and courage.

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