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Esther

Esther

Adventure · Drama · TV Movie · 1999

Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.

Movie details

Esther

1999 Adventure · Drama · TV Movie 1h 27m

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Raffaele Mertes

Written by

Sandy Niemand

Louise Lombard

Louise Lombard

Esther

Ornella Muti

Ornella Muti

Königin Waschti

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Mordechai

Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow

Haman

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

König Xerxes

John Hollis

John Hollis

Harbona

Umberto Orsini

Umberto Orsini

Memuchan

Court is in session

Put Esther on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.