The Bible - Esther

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Movie
German title The Bible - Esther
Original title Esther
Country of production USA , Italy , Germany
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Raffaele Mertes
script Sandy Nobody
production Lorenzo Minoli
music Carlo Siliotto
camera Giovanni Galasso
cut Alessandro Lucidi
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The Bible - Esther is a TV film that tells the life of Queen Esther . This Bible adaptation is also one of the rare ones in which a woman is the main actor.

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The film follows the biblical story in the book of the same name :

The young Jewish woman Hadassa lives with her uncle Mordechai in exile in Persia , which is ruled by Xerxes I , a melancholy king who casts his wife, Queen Vashti, when she one day is not at his will. But soon afterwards he longs for a wife. That is why he has young women from all parts of the kingdom kidnapped to his court. This is how the orphan Hadassa, who from now on calls herself Esther, arrives at the royal court.

The king likes Esther so much that he marries her soon afterwards. An attempt to assassinate the king is thwarted by Mordechai's attention. But their lives of power and fortune are marred by the fact that Haman , the royal adviser who bought and murdered himself on the place of treasurer, plans to exterminate his enemies, the Jews , from across the empire. To this end, it enacts a law that announces a drawn day for their destruction. His personal enemy Mordechai can bring the news of this to Esther, who dares to go to the king unsolicited against the law.

After Haman has suffered great shame when he has to honor Mordechai, whom the king thanks for his services, Xerxes and Haman are invited to a banquet at Esther's; Esther reveals Haman's insidiousness to her husband, who is then hanged on the gallows he erected for Mordechai.

Mordechai, the new chamberlain, and Esther can limit the loss of people by another law; the Jewish population stays partly in Persia, partly they return to their homeland.

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The film marks the directorial debut of cinematographer Raffaele Mertes and was shot in Morocco .

The aim of the authors was to convey that women can definitely take on leading roles in Bible films.

A clever trick is to let the prophets Esra and Nehemiah flow into the story, although it is unlikely that they lived in the time of Esther, much less knew Mordecai.

criticism

"Splendidly colored adaptation with an international star cast, striving for literary accuracy, which weakens the legendary character of the biblical original in favor of parabolic features and brings ironic nuances to life."

- Lexicon of international film

“With this film in the series, too, the optics are the biggest plus: Elaborate, very aesthetic and realistic backdrops built on a 1: 1 scale depict the ancient city of Susa and impressively show the viewer the full splendor of ancient Persia - captured by a really nice camera job. Raffaele Mertes has a knack for small, lively and entertaining everyday scenes that enrich the film immensely - at 90 minutes it is exactly the right length to be entertaining (...) "

- Peplumania.com

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Bible - Esther. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used