

Judith of Bethulia
1914
1h 12m
6.2
US
Drama
History
War
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
No Language
Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Key Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director

Frank E. Woods
Writer
Cast

Blanche Sweet
Judith

Henry B. Walthall
Holofernes

Mae Marsh
Naomi

Robert Harron
Nathan

Kate Bruce
Judtih's Maid

Lillian Gish
The Young Mother

Dorothy Gish
Crippled Beggar

J. Jiquel Lanoe
Eunuch Attendant

Gertrude Bambrick
Assyrian Dancer

Harry Carey
Assyrian Traitor

Lionel Barrymore
Extra (uncredited)