Salome (1953) on Netflix
Approved19531h 43mDramaHistory
John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias, who wants him dead; Herod fears a prophecy. Salome, Herod's stepdaughter, comes home from Rome and meets Claudius, a soldier.
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King Herod and Queen Herodias rule Galilee under Tiberius Caesar, and the prophet John the Baptist condemns them, calling Herodias an adulteress for marrying her former husband's brother. Herod fears the fate his father met after ordering the killing of the land's firstborn sons; a prophecy says a king of Judea who kills the Messiah will die in agony, and Herod takes John for the Messiah. In Rome, Caesar's nephew Marcellus is refused permission to marry Salome, who is banished for aiming above her station and sent home to Galilee. On the voyage she meets Claudius, a soldier posted to Herod's palace, and when she orders him about he kisses her. At the palace, Herodias welcomes her daughter and notices the king's desire for Salome.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Salome (1953)
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- According to Rita Hayworth's biographers, her erotic Dance of the Seven Veils routine was the most demanding of her entire career, needing endless takes and retakes.
