Salomon und die Königin von Saba
(1959)
Regisseur:
King VidorSchauspieler:
Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, David Farrar, Finlay Currie, Harry Andrews, José Nieto, Jean Anderson, Laurence Naismith, Julio Pena, Claude Dantes, Tyrone Power, Virgilio Teixeira, Marisa Pavan, John Crawford, Maruchi FresnoDer ägyptische Pharao sendet seine Vertraute, die schöne Königin von Saba, an den Hof des als weise geltenden König Salomon von Israel. Salomon verfällt ihr, will sie heiraten. Er erlaubt ihr, ein heidnisches Fest zu zelebrieren, das zur Orgie ausartet. Ein Blitz beendet das Ritual, tötet Salomons Stiefschwester, die im Tempel betet. Erschüttert schwört die Königin Reue. Salomon besiegt die Ägypter und kehrt rechtzeitig zurück, um die Königin vor der Steinigung zu retten, zu der das Volk von seinem machtgierigen Bruder Adonijah aufgewiegelt wurde.
Under the rule of King David, Israel is united and prosperous although surrounded by enemies including Egypt and its allies. The aging King David favors his younger son, Solomon, as his successor, but David's elder son Prince Adonijah, a warrior, declares himself King. When David learns of this, he publicly announces Solomon to be his successor. Adonijah and Joab, his general, withdraw in rage. Israel prospers under King Solomon's wise and benevolent rule and is seen as a threat to more tyrannical monarchs in the region. The Pharaoh of Egypt agrees to cede a Red Sea port to the Queen of Sheba in a plot to undermine Solomon's rule. Sheba is to seduce Solomon and introduce Sheban pagan worship into Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Prince Adonijah, now banished, also conspires with Pharaoh and is given an army to defeat Solomon. The film is a highly fictionalized dramatization of events depicted in The Bible -- First Kings chapter 10 and Second Chronicles chapter 9.
Under the rule of King David, Israel is united and prosperous although surrounded by enemies including Egypt and its allies. The aging King David favors his younger son, Solomon, as his successor, but David's elder son Prince Adonijah, a warrior, declares himself King. When David learns of this, he publicly announces Solomon to be his successor. Adonijah and Joab, his general, withdraw in rage. Israel prospers under King Solomon's wise and benevolent rule and is seen as a threat to more tyrannical monarchs in the region. The Pharaoh of Egypt agrees to cede a Red Sea port to the Queen of Sheba in a plot to undermine Solomon's rule. Sheba is to seduce Solomon and introduce Sheban pagan worship into Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Prince Adonijah, now banished, also conspires with Pharaoh and is given an army to defeat Solomon. The film is a highly fictionalized dramatization of events depicted in The Bible -- First Kings chapter 10 and Second Chronicles chapter 9.
