The Queen of Sheba

1952

1h 39m

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4.8/10

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The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

Directors

Pietro Francisci

Writers

Raul De Sarro(screenplay by)

Giorgio Graziosi(screenplay by)

Vittorio Nino Novarese(writer by)

Stars

Leonora Ruffo

Gino Cervi

Gino Leurini

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Leonora Ruffo

Balkis, Queen of Sheba

Gino Cervi

King Solomon of Jerusalem

Gino Leurini

Prince Rehoboam of Jerusalem

Marina Berti

Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam

Franco Silva

Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army

Mario Ferrari

Chaldis, High Priest of Sheba

Isa Pola

Tabuia, leader of the handmaidens

Nyta Dover

Kinor, a handmaiden

Umberto Silvestri

Isachar, companion of Rehoboam

Ati

The False Mother

The True Mother

Onabar

Sadock

Abner

Eli

Pastore

Martu

Directors

Pietro Francisci

Writers

Raul De Sarro(screenplay by)

Giorgio Graziosi(screenplay by)

Vittorio Nino Novarese(writer by)

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I think the fact that this is in black and white helps it enormously. So often the poor quality of the image distracts from these Italian-made adventure films and tends to render them all but unwatchable. This one benefits also from decent story to underpin the, admittedly, pretty mediocre acting. The young prince "Rehoboam" (Gino Leurini) finds himself posing as an agent of Gad (not God) at the court of the legendary Balkis, Queen of Sheba (Leonoro Ruffo) who has sworn never to feel the touch of man. Of course the two fall in love, much to the chagrin of her army commander "Kabaal" (Franco Silva) and from now on in, the film follows a fairly predictable route of deceit, revenge and plotting. I could have done with a little more action and Leurini looks faintly ridiculous with a moustache that looks more like an early example of botox gone wrong; but the whole thing is actually quite well paced with some decent attention to the look of the film. The ending is a bit flat - be warned, but it passes 90 minutes amiably enough.

Geronimo196711 Sep, 2022