Herod the Great (film)

Herod the Great (Italian: Erode il grande, French: Le roi cruel) is a 1959 Italian-French epic historical drama film directed by Victor Tourjansky.^[1][2]

Herod the Great
Directed by	Victor Tourjansky
Screenplay by	Damiano Damiani Tullio Pinelli Fernando Cerchio Victor Tourjansky
Story by	Damiano Damiani Tullio Pinelli
Produced by	Robert de Nesle Alberta Dionisi Federico Galliani Victor Tourjansky Bruno Turchetto Giorgio Venturini
Starring	Edmund Purdom Sylvia Lopez
Cinematography	Massimo Dallamano
Edited by	Antonietta Zita
Music by	Carlo Savina
Production companies	Vic Film Faro Film Explorer Film '58 Comptoir Français de Productions Cinématographiques
Distributed by	Euro International Films
Release dates	1 January 1959 (1959-01-01) (Italy) 21 August 1959 (1959-08-21) (France)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

Plot

Cast

• Edmund Purdom as Herod
• Sylvia Lopez as Maryam
• Sandra Milo as Sarah
• Elena Zareschi as Alexandra
• Alberto Lupo as Aronne
• Massimo Girotti as Gaius Octavian
• Andrea Giordana as Little Daniele
• Corrado Pani as Antipatro, later Herod Antipas
• Renato Baldini as Claudio
• Camillo Pilotto as The High Priest
• Fedele Gentile as Oreb
• Olga Solbelli as Mother of the condemned
• Enrico Glori as Taret
• Carlo D'Angelo as The man who saw the Messiah's birth
• Enzo Fiermonte
• Adolfo Geri
• Nino Marchetti
• Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.