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Judith of Bethulia
1914 6.3 (30 votes) 1h 12m
Genres
Drama History War
Production Companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph

Judith of Bethulia

Overview

Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ready to surrender.

Key Crew

Director: D.W. Griffith

Writer: Frank E. Woods

Director of Photography: Billy Bitzer

Top Cast

Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet

Judith

Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall

Holofernes

Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh

Naomi

Robert Harron
Robert Harron

Nathan

Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce

Judtih's Maid

Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish

The Young Mother

Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish

Crippled Beggar

J. Jiquel Lanoe
J. Jiquel Lanoe

Eunuch Attendant

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