Esther and the King
- IMDb link: 0053800
- IMDb rating: 5.5 (1,063 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Biography, Romance, History
- Director: Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava
- Cast: Richard Egan, Joan Collins, Sergio Fantoni, Denis O'Dea and others
- Release date: 14 Dec 1960
- Release year: 1960
- Runtime: 109 minutes
- Country: Italy, United States
- Keywords: achaemenid empire, reference to xerxes, based on the bible, reference to king cyrus, persepolis, anti semitism, iranian history, eunuch, persia, jew
Plot:
Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The King has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred fomented against the Jews by his evil minister Haman (Sergio Fantoni). Before the King can pair off with Esther and defeat the villainous Haman, there are several intervening adventures and an additional, attractive woman who competes for attention.
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