Judith of Bethulia (Her Condoned Sin) (1914)
Release Date: Mar 8, 1914 Wide
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Conservative Biograph Studios, having galloped to prominence on the coattails of their star director D.W. Griffith, refused to allow Griffith to make any film longer than two reels. Ignoring this edict, Griffith permitted his Biblical epic Judith of Bethulia to stretch to four reels; Biograph's reprimands were so blistering that the director quit the studio, setting up his own independent operation. While of great historical value, Judith of Bethulia is, truth to tell, not one of Griffith's best
Mar 8, 1914 Wide
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Blanche Sweet
Judith -
Henry B. Walthall
Holofernes's Eunuch Att... -
Robert Harron
Nathan -
Mae Marsh
Naomi -
Lillian Gish
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Kate Bruce
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Harry Carey
A Traitor -
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Dorothy Gish
The crippled beggar -
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G. Jiguel Lanoe
Holofernes's Eunuch Att... -
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The story is from the Bible's Book of Judith about the siege of the Jewish city Bethulia by Assyrians. A widow named Judith (Blanche Sweet), has a plan to stop the war of the city when her people suffer starvation, and are ready to surrender. The widow disguises herself as a harem-girl, and goes to the enemy where she beguiles a general of King Nebuchadnezzar, whose army is destroying the city. Judith seduces Holofernes (Henry Walthall), then while he is drunk, cuts off his head with a sabre. She returns to her city, a heroine.