Judith of Bethulia (1914)
1914 · NR · 1h 12m · Drama, History, War
Genres: Drama, History, War
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.
Director: D.W. Griffith
Writers: Frank E. Woods
Cinematography: Billy Bitzer
Cast
Blanche Sweet as JudithHenry B. Walthall as HolofernesMae Marsh as NaomiRobert Harron as NathanKate Bruce as Judtih's MaidLillian Gish as The Young MotherDorothy Gish as Crippled BeggarJ. Jiquel Lanoe as Eunuch AttendantGertrude Bambrick as Assyrian DancerHarry Carey as Assyrian TraitorLionel Barrymore as Extra (uncredited)More like this
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