Esther (1999)

Directors

Raffaele Mertes

Cast

Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham, Jürgen Prochnow, Thomas Kretschmann, Ornella Muti, Frank Baker, John Hollis, Umberto Orsini, Phil Davies, Natasha Williams, Peter Halliday, Christopher Ettridge, Darren Bransford, Nicola Harrington, Peter Guinness, Bruce Purchase, Ilza Prestinari, Hassani Shapi, Karl Geary, Marco Bonini, Renato Scarpa, Zakaria Atifi

The story

Hadassah, a beautiful Jewish girl, lives with her cousin (and legal guardian) Mordecai in Shushan, the capital of Persia. After King Ahasuerus deposes Queen Vashti for her refusal to obey him, he is advised to choose a new queen. Guards then search the entire kingdom for worthy candidates, taking them from their homes by force to the palace.

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