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Solomon and Sheba (1959)
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25 December 1959 (USA)
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Behold! The love story of the ages! more
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Shortly before his death in ancient Israel King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king...
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Is this part of the story of Israel and Yemen (formerly Sheba)?
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Yul Brynner | ... | Solomon |
 | Gina Lollobrigida | ... | Sheba |
 | George Sanders | ... | Adonijah |
| Marisa Pavan | ... | Abishag |
| David Farrar | ... | Pharaoh |
| John Crawford | ... | Joab |
| Finlay Currie | ... | David |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Baltor |
| José Nieto | ... | Ahab (as Jose Nieto) |
| Maruchi Fresno | ... | Bathsheba |
| William Devlin | ... | Nathan |
 | Jack Gwillim | ... | Josiah |
| Jean Anderson | ... | Takyan |
| Laurence Naismith | ... | Hezrai (as Lawrence Naismith) |
| Julio Peña | ... | Zadok (as Julio Pena) |
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139 min | 141 min (TCM print)
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2.20 : 1 more
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Mono (35 mm prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
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One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.
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Revealing mistakes: In the climatic battle, in a shot of soldiers charging uphill, rubber spear points can be seen wiggling back and forth.
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Abishag:
How interesting your encampment is. Are your people always so carefree and gay?
Sheba: We enjoy life and pleasure. Don't you?
Abishag: Oh yes, we do. But we are... an austere people. We tend to be more serious.
Sheba: And you king... is he also serious?
Abishag: King Solomon has a great responsibility.
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Sheba: We enjoy life and pleasure. Don't you?
Abishag: Oh yes, we do. But we are... an austere people. We tend to be more serious.
Sheba: And you king... is he also serious?
Abishag: King Solomon has a great responsibility.
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Referenced in The Secret Life of Brian (2007) (TV)
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Historical materials coming from Hollywood have to be seen with certain reservation. Normally these are coming with plots totally different from the reality or versions given in books. If you doubt about this statement, you may like to see `The Robe' (1953) or `King David' (1985) and several others, for sure you will agree with us that these materials may be somewhat similar to what is said in bible, original gospels and other books, but they are altered purposely to provide some excitement. This film may also be different from the real history. The acting of Yul Brynner (Solomon) and Gina Lollobrigida (Sheba) is not the best in my opinion. Brynner was often shown in the film looking seriously and saying nothing, while Lollobrigida acted as if she was delivering a poem each time mixed with some mad reactions when she was angry. The photograph and camera work of the film were excellent, and probably the producers spent a lot of money to make all epic scenes here, but the film could have been much better with more natural acting.