Judith of Bethulia
- Director: D.W. Griffith
- Writer: D.W. Griffith; Frank E. Woods; Thomas Bailey Aldrich; Grace Pierce
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The story is from the Biblical Book of Judith. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrians led by the brutish Holofernes (Henry Walthall), a widow named Judith (Blanche Sweet) has a plan to stop the war as her people suffer starvation and are ready to surrender.
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Cast & Characters
Blanche Sweet as Judith;
Henry B. Walthall as Holofernes;
Mae Marsh as Naomi;
Robert Harron as Nathan - Son of Eliah;
Kate Bruce as Marah - Judith's Servant;
Lillian Gish as The Young Mother;
J. Jiquel Lanoe as Holofernes' Eunuch Attendant;
Gertrude Bambrick as Lead Assyrian Dancer;
Dorothy Gish as The Crippled Beggar;
Harry Carey as Assyrian Traitor;
Lionel Barrymore as Extra;
Clara T. Bracy as Bethulian;
Kathleen Butler as Bethulian;
William J. Butler as Bethulian;
Christy Cabanne as Extra;
William A. Carroll as Assyrian Soldier;
Edward Dillon as Extra;
Louise Emmons as Bethulian Begging for Food;
Frank Evans as Bethulian Soldier;
Mary Gish as Extra