Herod the Great
- IMDb link: 0051587
- IMDb rating: 4.8 (282 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Biography, Romance, History
- Director: Viktor Tourjansky, Edmund Purdom
- Cast: Sylvia Lopez, Massimo Girotti, Sandra Milo and others
- Release date: 5 Dec 1960
- Release year: 1959
- Runtime: 93 minutes
- Country: Italy, France
- Keywords: male wears an earring, 1st century b.c., king, roman, judea, queen, palace, desert, kingdom, insanity
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Herod, King of Judea, is made a prisoner by the Romans. Convinced the King is dead, his faithful lieutenant, Aaron, is nevertheless unable to keep his promise to kill the Queen if something untoward happened to the King. He leads the young woman out into the desert. Herod's pleas to Augustus are successful and he returns to his palace. His son, Antipater, informs Herod that Aaron has betrayed him.
When Marco Antonio is defeated by his enemies, his former ally King Herod of Judea travels to convince Augustus to support his government by the Romans. He makes his chief commander and friend Aaron swear that he would kill his beloved Queen Miriam if he died. When Herod is arrested by the Romans, one of his men returns to Judea and lies, saying that he was killed by the Romans. However, Aaron is not able to keep his promise and Miriam stays alive. When Herod returns to his palace, his son Antipater, poisons Herod with the lie that Aaron has betrayed him and had an affair with Miriam. The madness of Herod destroys his friends and his kingdom.
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