Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia (1914) is a drama, history film directed by D.W. Griffith rated 6.1/10.

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.

Cast

Blanche Sweet

Judith

Henry B. Walthall

Holofernes

Mae Marsh

Naomi

Robert Harron

Nathan

Kate Bruce

Judtih's Maid

Lillian Gish

The Young Mother

Dorothy Gish

Crippled Beggar

J. Jiquel Lanoe

Eunuch Attendant

Gertrude Bambrick

Assyrian Dancer

Harry Carey

Assyrian Traitor

Lionel Barrymore

Extra (uncredited)