Judith and Holophernes
About Judith and Holophernes
Assyrian troops under Holofernes, played by Bartolomeo Pagano, besiege Bethulia. The widow Judith, played by Jia Ruskaja, enters the camp and sits through his banquet. When he is drunk and asleep she cuts off his head and carries it back to the city.
Cast & crew
More about Judith and Holophernes
Baldassarre Negroni directed, and Giulio Lombardozzi wrote the script. Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga produced and distributed the January 1929 release.
Themes
Notes
- It is Pagano's last film. He had been the silent-era star of the Maciste pictures.
- Franz Sala plays the high priest. Ubaldo Arata and Massimo Terzano photographed the film.
- A 1959 film uses the same biblical story. So does Judith of Bethulia (1914).
Scenes
- Judith takes the sleeping general's head and returns with it to Bethulia.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Giuditta e Oloferne (1929).webm)
