The Queen of Babylon (Italian: La cortigiana di Babilonia) is a 1954 Italian peplum film set in the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the year 600 BC.

Queen of Babylon
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Screenplay byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Ennio De Concini
Alessandro Ferraù
Cesare Ludovici
Giuseppe Mangione

Nicola Manzari
StarringRhonda Fleming
Ricardo Montalbán
CinematographyGábor Pogány
Music byRenzo Rossellini
Production
companies
Panthéon Productions
Rialto
Release date
  • October 28, 1954 (1954-10-28) (Italy)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.[1]

Plot

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Semiramis, a simple keeper of goats, is taken to Babylon for having lodged Amal, the leader of the Chaldeans, pursued by King Ashur. She is noticed by the latter, who would like to make her his favorite. But the beauty has thoughts only for her attractive Amal who managed to escape and comes to visit her discreetly at the palace. Captured again, Amal escapes death thanks to Semiramis who gives in to the king, and he finds himself with his compatriots to toil in the quarries. The deceit of Sibari, the Prime Minister, will change his fate.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hawkins, Robert F. (2 January 1955). "NOTED IN THE BUSTLING ITALIAN FILM STUDIOS / Expatriates". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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