Herod the Great (film)

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Herod the Great
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Directed by Victor Tourjansky
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Massimo Dallamano
Edited byAntonietta Zita
Music by Carlo Savina
Production
companies
  • Vic Film
  • Faro Film
  • Explorer Film '58
  • Comptoir Français de Productions Cinématographiques
Distributed byEuro International Films
Release dates
  • 1 January 1959 (1959-01-01)(Italy)
  • 21 August 1959 (1959-08-21)(France)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageItalian

Herod the Great (Italian : Erode il grande, French : Le roi cruel) is a 1958 Italian-French epic historical drama film directed by Victor Tourjansky. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.
  2. ↑ Gary A. Smith (2004). Epic Films. McFarland, 2004. ISBN   0786415304.


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