Sodom and Gomorrah
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Cast & Crew
Robert Aldrich
Stewart Granger
Pier Angeli
Stanley Baker
Rossana Podestà
Anouk Aimée
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Synopsis
A group of Hebrews searching for a new home approach Sodom and Gomorrah, twin cities ruled by the ruthless Queen Bera. Bera permits the Hebrews to remain outside the cities and farm the land along the Jordan River, in the hopes that they will serve as a buffer against the fierce, nomadic Helamites, who have enlisted the aid of Bera's vice-ridden brother, Astaroth, in plotting to take control of the two cities. On the night of Lot's wedding to a former slave, Ildith, the Helamites attack the Hebrew camp; but Lot orders the destruction of a dam, and the Helamites are drowned in a raging flood. The Hebrews' lands are destroyed by the flood, and the grateful Bera allows the homeless people to move into Sodom, where they become enterprising salt sellers. Though Lot prospers, he gradually sees the corrupting influence of life in the city. Lot kills Astaroth, who has violated both of his daughters, and Bera has him imprisoned. Two angels appear before Lot and instruct him to lead his people away from the wickedness of the cities before sunset, when Jehovah will destroy both Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, miraculously freed from his chains, assembles those who will heed his warning and leads them into the mountains. At sunset, the earth splits apart and the two cities burn to ashes. Ildith ignores the Lord's warning that "he who looks back upon the destruction of this place, does so in regret." As she turns her head toward her former home, a bolt of lightning cracks across the sky, and she turns into a pillar of salt.
Cast
Stewart Granger
Pier Angeli
Stanley Baker
Rossana Podestà
Anouk Aimée
Claudia Mori
Rik Battaglia
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Feodor Chaliapin
Aldo Silvani
Enzo Fiermonte
Scilla Gabel
Antonio De Teffé
Gabriele Tinti
Daniele Vargas
Massimo Pietrobon
Andrea Tagliabue
Francesco Tensi
Mitsuko Takara
Liana Del Balzo
Mimmo Palmara
Ellen Kessler
Alice Kessler
Giovanna Galletti
Vittorio Artesi
Primo Moroni
Crew
Ken Adam
Giorgio Adriani
Gus Agosti
Michael Audley
Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni
Leonardo Bedini
Maurice Binder
Gino Brosio
Hugo Butler
Franco Cirino
Giorgio Contili
Emilio D'andria
Mario Del Papa
Aldo Derobertis
Kurt Doubravsky
Leslie Hodgson
Silvano Ippoliti
Cyril Knowles
Benchekroun Larbi
Joseph E. Levine
Maurizio Lodi-fe
Goffredo Lombardo
Goffredo Lombardo
Mario Montuori
Amalia Paoletti
Giorgio Prosperi
Miklos Rozsa
Oscar Rudolph
Euclide Santoli
Archie Savage
Peter Tanner
Serse Urbisaglia
Wally Veevers
Giorgio Zambon
Lee Zavitz
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Released in Italy in 1961 as Sodoma e Gomorra. Released in France in 1962 as Sodome et Gomorrhe. Gus Agosti is credited as 1st assistant director; Giorgio Contili is credited as 2d unit assistant director; Franco Cirino and Benchekroun Larbi are credited as assistant directors. One Italian source credits Dimitri Tiomkin with music.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1962
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States 1994 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "Apocalypse Anytime! The Films of Robert Aldrich" March 11 - April 8, 1994.)
Released in United States 1962
