Head of a Tyrant

Head of a Tyrant
US film poster
Directed byFernando Cerchio
Written byFriedrich Hebbel (play)
Guido Malatesta
Damiano Damiani
Gian Paolo Callegari
Fernando Cerchio
Produced byPiero Ghione
StarringMassimo Girotti
Isabelle Corey
Renato Baldini
Yvette Masson
CinematographyPier Ludovico Pavoni
Edited byGianmaria Messeri
Music byCarlo Savina
Production
companies
Faro Film
C.F.P.C
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release date
  • 26 February 1959 (1959-02-26)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageItaly

Head of a Tyrant or Judith and Holofernes (Italian:Giuditta e Oloferne) is a 1959 historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini.[1]

An Italian-French co-production, it is part of the boom in Sword-and-sandal productions during the late 1950s. The film is based on the story of Judith Beheading Holofernes. A 1929 film Judith and Holofernes was also inspired by the tale.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Parish p.53

Bibliography

  • Parish, James Robert. Film Directors Guide:Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1976.


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