Some striking images and an intriguing performance from Blanche Sweet highlight this 1913 D.W. Griffith biblical film. This film also features very early performances from the Gish sisters.
The story is the biblical tale of a virgin who gives up her honor by sleeping with evil Holofernes, in order to gain access to murder him. Personally, I found it all a bit too threadbare to justify even this short running time. However, there are some interesting photographic aspects of the film, such as some trick photography used to make the big battle sequences look more powerful, and a very advanced editing technique used to show a bloodless decapitation that might have made Hitchock proud.
Primarily of interest to film historians and Griffith fans only.
The story is the biblical tale of a virgin who gives up her honor by sleeping with evil Holofernes, in order to gain access to murder him. Personally, I found it all a bit too threadbare to justify even this short running time. However, there are some interesting photographic aspects of the film, such as some trick photography used to make the big battle sequences look more powerful, and a very advanced editing technique used to show a bloodless decapitation that might have made Hitchock proud.
Primarily of interest to film historians and Griffith fans only.