Salome

Original title: Salome

80 minutes • 1918 • 7.0 Score

Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet John the Baptist, who publicly denounces the depravity of the royal family and proclaims the arrival of a new messiah. (Film presumed lost.)

J. Gordon Edwards

Director

Drama

History

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