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107 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Das Buch Esther
1919 1h 59m DE
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BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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After the Jewish Mordecai refuses to bow down to Haman, the king's minister, Haman plots to have all of the Jewish population of the kingdom killed. Mordecai places his hopes on his young and beautiful ward Esther to save their people by ingratiating herself with the king.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ernst Reicher
King Ahasuerus
Stella Harf
Esther
Michael Bohnen
Haman
Käthe Wittenberg
Queen Vasthi
Rudolf Lettinger
Mordechai
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Uwe Jens Krafft
- Writers
- Ernst Reicher, Uwe Jens Krafft
- Countries
- Germany
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The take
Uwe Jens Krafft directs. Produced in Germany.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1107 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Ernst Reicher and Stella Harf and Michael Bohnen carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0440162 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Production design
- Manfred Noa
- Runtime
- 119 min · 1h 59m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Also by
Uwe Jens Krafft
Key crew
- Production DesignManfred Noa
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1919-05-01
