Characters & Themes
Salome (1918) Characters, Setting & Themes 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.)
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