Judith of Bethulia (1914)
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ready to surrender.
Director: D.W. Griffith
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Blanche Sweet as Judith |
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Henry B. Walthall as Holofernes |
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Mae Marsh as Naomi |
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Robert Harron as Nathan |
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Kate Bruce as Judtih's Maid |
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Lillian Gish as The Young Mother |
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Dorothy Gish as Crippled Beggar |
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J. Jiquel Lanoe as Eunuch Attendant |
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Gertrude Bambrick as Assyrian Dancer |
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Harry Carey as Assyrian Traitor |
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Lionel Barrymore as Extra (uncredited) |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Writing | Frank E. Woods | Writer |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
