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Solomon and Sheba is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 25 december 1959 with Yul Brynner
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
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Add to a movie listSolomon and Sheba is a 1959 American epic historical romance film directed by King Vidor, shot in Technirama (color by Technicolor), and distributed by United Artists. It stars Yul Brynner as Solomon and Gina Lollobrigida as Sheba; and features George Sanders as Adonijah, Marisa Pavan as Abishag, and David Farrar as the Pharaoh. The film is a dramatization of events depicted in The Bible -- the tenth chapter of the First Kings and the ninth chapter of Second Chronicles. The screenplay by Anthony Veiller, Paul Dudley, and George Bruce, was based on a story by Crane Wilbur.
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The film's theme differs substantially from Biblical sources and is highly fictionalized, most notably in representing the Queen of Sheba as an ally of ancient Egypt in opposition to King Solomon of Israel, and in her having a love affair with Solomon.Actors
Yul Brynner
(Solomon)
Gina Lollobrigida
(Sheba)
George Sanders
(Adonijah)
David Farrar
(Pharaoh)
Marisa Pavan
(Abishag)
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