Release Date | 1986-07-31 |
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Runtime | 105 minutes |
Genres | Drama |
Stars | Jo Champa, Tomas Milian, Pamela Salem, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Fabio Carfora |
Directors | Claude d'Anna, Oscar Wilde, Henry Lange, Roberto Perpignani, Giantito Burchiellaro |
John the Baptist, the prophet of Israel, is imprisoned by Herod, governor of Judea for protesting Herod's marriage to his brother's wife. Jealousies rage and Herod's step-daughter and niece Salome seduces Herod by means of a torrid dance to give her the head of the prophet - but then tries to save the life of the man she has thus condemned. Updated to a WWII setting