Summary
A phantasmagoria of spurned desire and lethal courtly intrigue, this 1923 iteration of the biblical tragedy pivots on the venomous machinations of Herodias (Christine Winthrop), whose vanity is wounded when an Egyptian prince (Ben Probst) rejects her advances in favor of the ethereal Salome (Diana Allen). In a calculated stroke of Machiavellian cruelty, Herodias orchestrates the prince’s clandestine incarceration within a lightless dungeon, situated with agonizing proximity to the cell of the Baptist (Vincent Coleman). The film transforms the traditional narrative into a claustrophobic psychological thriller where the price of a lover's life is bartered for the head of a prophet. As the court of Herod descends into a moral abyss, the narrative explores the intersections of erotic obsession and political leverage, culminating in a demand that transcends mere vengeance to become a definitive statement on the destructive power of the jilted ego.
Synopsis
Herodias, spurned by Egyptian prince who is in love with Salome, has him secretly thrown in dungeon next to the Baptist. Herodias threatens to kill her lover if Salome does not ask for death of the Baptist.
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