Head of a Tyrant

Head of a Tyrant
Directed by Fernando Cerchio
Produced by Piero Ghione
Written by Friedrich Hebbel (play)
Guido Malatesta
Damiano Damiani
Gian Paolo Callegari
Fernando Cerchio
Starring Massimo Girotti
Isabelle Corey
Renato Baldini
Yvette Masson
Music by Carlo Savina
Cinematography Pier Ludovico Pavoni
Edited by Gianmaria Messeri
Production
company
Faro Film
C.F.P.C
Distributed by Constantin Film (West Germany)
Universal Pictures (US)
Release dates
26 February 1959
Running time
94 minutes
Country France
Italy
Language Italy

Head of a Tyrant or Judith and Holofernes (Italian:Giuditta e Oloferne) is a 1959 Italian-French historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini.[1]

It is part of the boom in Sword-and-sandal productions during the late 1950s. The film is based on the story of Judith Beheading Holofernes. A 1929 film Judith and Holofernes was also inspired by the tale.

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References

  1. Parish p.53

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