The Queen of Sheba

Watch: The Queen of Sheba

Unrated

12/31/19531h 39m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Fabulous Spectacle! Colorful Magnificence! Barbaric Splendor! ~

Overview:

The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

Director:

Pietro Francisci

Status:

Released

Language:

Italian

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

queen
bible
peplum
ancient israel
10th century bc

Cast

Leonora Ruffo

~ as ~

Balkis, Queen of Sheba

Gino Cervi

~ as ~

King Solomon of Jerusalem

Gino Leurini

~ as ~

Prince Rehoboam of Jerusalem

Marina Berti

~ as ~

Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam

Franco Silva

~ as ~

Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army

Mario Ferrari

~ as ~

Chaldis, High Priest of Sheba

Isa Pola

~ as ~

Tabuia, leader of the handmaidens

Nyta Dover

~ as ~

Kinor, a handmaiden

Umberto Silvestri

~ as ~

Isachar, companion of Rehoboam

Dorian Gray

~ as ~

Ati

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
I think the fact that this is in black and white helps it enormously. So often the poor quality of the image distracts from these Italian-made adventure films and tends to render them all but unwatchable. This one benefits also from decent story to underpin the, admittedly, pretty mediocre acting. The young prince "Rehoboam" (Gino Leurini) finds himself posing as an agent of Gad (not God) at the court of the legendary Balkis, Queen of Sheba (Leonoro Ruffo) who has sworn never to feel the touch of man. Of course the two fall in love, much to the chagrin of her army commander "Kabaal" (Franco Silva) and from now on in, the film follows a fairly predictable route of deceit, revenge and plotting. I could have done with a little more action and Leurini looks faintly ridiculous with a moustache that looks more like an early example of botox gone wrong; but the whole thing is actually quite well paced with some decent attention to the look of the film. The ending is a bit flat - be warned, but it passes 90 minutes amiably enough.