Movie Cosmos - The Queen of Sheba

Description:

The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

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Leonora Ruffo

As Balkis, Queen of Sheba

Gino Cervi

As King Solomon of Jerusalem

Gino Leurini

As Prince Rehoboam of Jerusalem

Marina Berti

As Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam

Franco Silva

As Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army

Mario Ferrari

As Chaldis, High Priest of Sheba

Isa Pola

As Tabuia, leader of the handmaidens

Nyta Dover

As Kinor, a handmaiden

Umberto Silvestri

As Isachar, companion of Rehoboam

Dorian Gray

As Ati

Franca Tamantini

As The False Mother

Fulvia Mammi

As The True Mother

Pietro Tordi

As Onabar

Cesare Fantoni

As Sadock

Aldo Fiorelli

As Abner

Augusto Mingione

As Eli

Afro Poli

As Pastore

Manoel Roero

As Martu

Gian Paolo Rosmino

As Ademak

Placido Santoro

As First Priest

Mimmo Palmara

As Ally of Sheba

Leda Rivarolo

Fulvio Carosi

Gianni Luda

Achille Majeroni

Edda Albertini

As (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

Maria Bernardini

As (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

Ugo Sasso

As (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

Rossana Galli

As (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

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Pietro Francisci

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

I think the fact that this is in black and white helps it enormously. So often the poor quality of the image distracts from these Italian-made adventure films and tends to render them all but unwatchable. This one benefits also from decent story to underpin the, admittedly, pretty mediocre acting. The young prince "Rehoboam" (Gino Leurini) finds himself posing as an agent of Gad (not God) at the court of the legendary Balkis, Queen of Sheba (Leonoro Ruffo) who has sworn never to feel the touch of man. Of course the two fall in love, much to the chagrin of her army commander "Kabaal" (Franco Silva) and from now on in, the film follows a fairly predictable route of deceit, revenge and plotting. I could have done with a little more action and Leurini looks faintly ridiculous with a moustache that looks more like an early example of botox gone wrong; but the whole thing is actually quite well paced with some decent attention to the look of the film. The ending is a bit flat - be warned, but it passes 90 minutes amiably enough.

2022-09-11