Solomon and Sheba (1959)
December 18, 1959Release Date
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
December 18, 1959Release Date


Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Maruchi Fresno
Bathsheba

William Devlin
Nathan

Jack Gwillim
Josiah

Jean Anderson
Takyan

Laurence Naismith
Hezrai

Paul Dudley
Writer

Julio Peña
Zadok

George Bruce
Writer

Claude Dantes
Mother of Disputed Child (uncredited)

Félix de Pomés
Egyptian General (uncredited)

Alejandro Rey
Sittar (uncredited)

Anne Scott
Girl (uncredited)

Virgílio Teixeira
(uncredited)

King Vidor
Director

Crane Wilbur
Writer

Anthony Veiller
Screenplay

Mario Nascimbene
Original Music Composer

Aubrey Lewis
Sound

Freddie Young
Director of Photography

Paul Wilson
Camera Operator

John von Kotze
Still Photographer

Jeroslav Berger
Choreographer

Tadeo Villalba
Unit Production Manager

Norman Wanstall
Assistant Sound Editor

Eric Seelig
Wardrobe Coordinator

Ted Richmond
Producer

Joseph E. Kenney
Assistant Director

Neil Binney
Focus Puller

Alfred Sweeney
Art Direction

John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist

Eduardo García Maroto
Production Manager

Winston Ryder
Sound Editor

Jean Pierre Genet
Choreographer

Dario Simoni
Set Decoration

Richard McWhorter
Production Manager

Alex Weldon
Special Effects

Terry Yorke
Stunts

Richard Day
Art Direction

Bernard Vorhaus
Assistant Director

Malcolm Arnold
Music

Ralph Jester
Costume Design

Anne Box
Hairstylist

Thomas Tuttle
Makeup Artist

José María Alarcón
Assistant Art Director

Fred Hughesdon
Sound

Tom Smith
Makeup Artist

Ángel Arzuaga
Assistant Set Decoration
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Details.
Release DateDecember 18, 1959
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 19m
Budget$5,000,000
Box Office$12,200,000
Filming LocationsMadrid, Spain
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Solomon and Sheba is a 1959 American Biblical epic film directed by King Vidor, shot in Technirama (color by Technicolor), and distributed by United Artists. The film dramatizes events described in the tenth chapter of First Kings and the ninth chapter of Second Chronicles. It centers on the relationship between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, played by Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida, respectively. The cast also features George Sanders, Marisa Pavan, David Farrar and Harry Andrews.
The film differs substantially from Biblical sources and is highly fictionalized, most notably in representing the Queen of Sheba as an ally of ancient Egypt in opposition to King Solomon of Israel, and in her having a love affair with Solomon.
Tyrone Power was originally cast as Solomon and filmed the role for two months, before dying of an on-set heart attack. The role was hastily recast with Yul Brynner, who had previously turned it down, and large swaths of footage were re-shot to accommodate the change, though some footage of Power in the large-scale battle scenes remains in the final film.
The film premiered in London on October 27, 1959 before being released in the United States on Christmas Day of that year. It received a lukewarm critical reception and proved King Vidor’s final feature film before his death in 1982. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to Vidor's career.
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