Esther
1986 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 6.1
Amos Gitai’s debut feature, which draws upon his mother Efratia’s own Biblical scholarship, is filmed as a series of ritualized tableaux amid the ruins of Wadi Salib, the contested Arab neighborhood of Haifa. The story of Queen Esther, who in the Old Testament rescued the Jews from imminent slaughter by her husband King Ashasuerus, is made vividly relevant to present-day Israel.
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Details
- Original title
- אסתר
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-01-01
- Language
- HE
- Runtime
- 96 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (7 votes)
Cast & crew
- SB
Simone Benyamini
as Esther
Juliano Mer-Khamis
as Haman
- ZV
Zare Vartanian
as Ahasverus
- DC
David Cohen
as Hagai
Shmuel Wolf
as Narrator
- SC
Sara Cohen
as Singer in Hebrew
- RB
Rim Bani
as Singer in Arabic
Mohammad Bakri
as Mordecai
- YA
Yasmin Alush
- FA
Fuad Awad
Directed by Amos Gitai