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Herod the Great (1959) Plot Summary Explained

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1959 · 93 mins · Italian
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Directed by
Viktor Tourjansky, Arnaldo Genoino
Starring
Sandra Milo, Massimo Girotti, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Edmund Purdom, Carlo D'Angelo, Andrea Giordana

Angry with his wife and humbled by a battlefield defeat, the Judean king is captured and handed to the Romans. After the Romans spare his life, he returns to his throne only to suspect that both the Romans and his own courtiers are plotting against him, leaving him isolated in a web of intrigue.

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