Salome (1918) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1918 · 80 mins

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Directed by

J. Gordon Edwards

Starring

Herbert Heyes, Theda Bara, G. Raymond Nye, Bertram Grassby, Alan Roscoe, Vera Doria

Set in Roman‑occupied Palestine, Salome—daughter of Herodias and niece‑stepdaughter of King Herod—becomes obsessed with the prophet John the Baptist, who denounces the royal family’s decadence and declares a new messiah is coming, heightening political and personal conflict within the court. (The film is presumed lost.)