The Queen of Babylon

Queen of Babylon
Queen of babylon poster 01.jpg
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Screenplay byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Ennio De Concini
Alessandro Ferraù
Cesare Ludovici
Giuseppe Mangione

Nicola Manzari
StarringRhonda Fleming
Ricardo Montalban
CinematographyGábor Pogány
Music byRenzo Rossellini
Distributed by20th Century Fox (US)
Release date
  • October 28, 1954 (1954-10-28) (Italy)
  • August 10, 1956 (1956-08-10) (United States)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

La cortigiana di Babilonia (English title: The Queen of Babylon) is a 1954 Italian film set in the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the year 600 BC.

This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

Plot

Semiramis, a simple keeper of goats, is taken to Babylon for having lodged Amal, the leader of the Chaldeans, pursued by King Ashur. She is noticed by the latter who would like to make her his favorite. But the beauty has thoughts only for her attractive Amal who managed to escape and comes to visit her discreetly at the palace. Captured again, Amal escapes death thanks to Semiramis who gives in to the king and he finds himself with his compatriots to toil in the quarries. The deceit of Sibari, the Prime Minister, will change his fate

Cast

See also


This page was last updated at 2021-11-10 12:53 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari