Judith of Bethulia (1914)

Directors

D. W. Griffith

Cast

Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Kate Bruce, Harry Carey, W. Chrystie Miller

The story

thumb|thumbtime=0|upright=1.5|alt=Black and white silent film showing Biblical epic scenes|Judith of Bethulia The film is based on the deuterocanonical Book of Judith. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrians, a widow named Judith has a plan to stop the war as her people suffer starvation and are ready to surrender. The widow disguises herself as a harem girl and goes to the enemy camp, where she beguiles a general of King Nebuchadnezzar, whose army is besieging the city.

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