Verkaufsrang: 6110 (Video)
Actor: Ben Cross
Actor: Anouk Aimée
Actor: Vivica A. Fox
AudienceRating: Freigegeben ab 6 Jahren
Binding: Videokassette
Director: Roger Young
EAN: 4006680011691
Format: PAL
Label: Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Languages:
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Manufacturer: Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Verlag: Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Erscheinungsdatum: 4. März 1999
Spielzeit: 171
Studio: Kinowelt Home Entertainment
TheatricalReleaseDate: 1997
von: Ben Cross (Hauptdarsteller), Anouk Aimée (Hauptdarsteller), Patrick Williams (Komponist)
Preis: EUR 4,92
Kundenrezensionen zu 'Die Bibel: Salomon'
God made him strong, women made him weak (22. Dezember 2003)
A romanticized but quite accurate account of what is written in I Kings and II Chronicles, this made-for-television film is exceptional and boasts a brilliant international cast and fabulous settings.Filmed in Quarzazate, Morocco, the landscapes are wonderful, and the buildings and set decoration, in warm amber shades, are a visual delight, enhanced by the cinematography of Raffaele Mertes. The terrific score by Patrick Williams also adds much to the atmosphere.
The section devoted to the Queen of Sheba has been embelished, but Viveca A. Fox is ravishing as the queen, and it makes for great drama.
The emphasis on this part is to show Solomon's destructive tendencies; women were his weakness, and the rationalizations for his behavior his undoing. From Adam to modern history, it's a common story, but in the case of Solomon, what he gave up for his weakness was God's mighty blessing, and the inheritance he would leave his heirs.
Ben Cross ("Chariots of Fire") as this complex character is marvelous, and he is surrounded by a superb supporting cast. Though it's hard to take the nordic air from Max von Sydow (who in 1965 played Jesus in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"), he is nevertheless an aging giant of a man as King David, and France's great Anouk Aimee plays Solomon's mother Bathsheba with vigor, as she holds on to the reins of power with tenacity.
Other notable performances come from David Suchet (who was so good in the 1998 "The Perfect Murder") as Joab, Ivan Kaye as Solomon's half-brother Adonijah, and Richard Dillane as the laborer who ultimately rules ten of the twelve tribes, Jeroboam. Even the smallest parts are believable, which reflects on the excellent direction by Roger Young.
This is a Bible epic well worth owning for repeated viewing; some of it is poetic, some of it action-packed, often inspiring and thought provoking, and always fascinating.