Lot in Sodom

Lot in Sodom is a 1933 short, silent and experimental film directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. Its plot is based on the biblical tale of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, with quotes from the Bible being used for all intertitles.

Lot in Sodom
Directed by	James Sibley Watson Melville Webber
Produced by	James Sibley Watson Melville Webber
Starring	Friedrich Haak Hildegarde Watson Dorothea Haus Lewis Whitbeck
Music by	Louis Siegel
Distributed by	DuWorld Pictures[1]
Release date	1933 (1933)
Running time	28 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

Plot

Sodom is a place of sin. An angel appears there, and he is welcomed by Lot. The people of Sodom want to have sex with him. Lot refuses; then the angel tells him to escape the city with his wife and daughter. Sodom is destroyed by flames; Lot's wife is turned to a pillar of salt for having looked back.

Cast

• Friedrich Haak as Lot
• Hildegarde Watson as Lot's wife
• Dorothea Haus as Lot's daughter
• Lewis Whitbeck as the angel

Production

Lot in Sodom is based on the biblical tale of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.^[2] It was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber.^[3][4] Louis Siegel was the sound composer.^[4]

The movie uses experimental techniques, avant-garde imagery and strong allusions to sexuality, especially homosexuality.^[2][5]

See also

• Sodom und Gomorrha (1922), an Austrian film directed by Michael Curtiz
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1963), film directed by Robert Aldrich which depicts the destruction of the two cities for their decadence and human cruelty
• Nitrate Kisses (1992), an experimental film by Barbara Hammer that uses footage from Lot in Sodom
• A World Lit Only by Fire (2014), an album by Godflesh featuring cover art taken from Lot in Sodom