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Esther and the King (1960)
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14 December 1960 (USA)
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Nice Adaptation of the Book of Esther
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Joan Collins | ... | Esther | |
| Richard Egan | ... | King Ahasuerus | |
| Denis O'Dea | ... | Mordecai | |
| Sergio Fantoni | ... | Haman | |
| Rik Battaglia | ... | Simon (as Rick Battaglia) | |
| Renato Baldini | ... | Klydrathes | |
| Gabriele Tinti | ... | Samual | |
| Rosalba Neri | ... | Keresh | |
| Robert Buchanan | ... | Hegai | |
| Daniela Rocca | ... | Queen Vashti | |
| Folco Lulli | ... | Tobiah |
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Esther e il Re (Italy)
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109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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King Ahasuerus:
Now I will stem the ambitions of that young Macedonian upstart. Whar's his name?
Haman: Alexander.
King Ahasuerus: That's it.
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Haman: Alexander.
King Ahasuerus: That's it.
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I just got finished seeing this historical drama. As a religious Jew, I wondered how the story would be played out on the big screen. I enjoyed it very much, even though it has a lot of "historical liberties". Overall, its a pretty good version of the Book of Esther, and while not as big an epic as The Ten Commandments, it still adds in a little "extra" drama to keep the non-Jewish audience interested. While not exactly what happened, most of the story is accurate.
Joan Collins is very beautiful, and gives a believable performance as Esther, and Dennis O'Dea is excellent as Mordcai. The Actors playing King Ahaserous, and Prince Haman, were just a little too clean-shaven and handsome; but that's Hollywood!
I will probably watch it again, before I un-tivo it...