Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia

72 mins | Drama, War, History | March 8, 1914

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.

Judith of Bethulia

72 mins | Drama, War, History | March 8, 1914

Judith of Bethulia
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title Judith of Bethulia
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers Frank E. Woods

Cast

Blanche Sweet

as Judith

Henry B. Walthall

as Holofernes

Mae Marsh

as Naomi

Robert Harron

as Nathan

Kate Bruce

as Judtih's Maid

Lillian Gish

as The Young Mother

Dorothy Gish

as Crippled Beggar

J. Jiquel Lanoe

as Eunuch Attendant

Gertrude Bambrick

as Assyrian Dancer

Harry Carey

as Assyrian Traitor

Lionel Barrymore

as Extra (uncredited)