Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) on Netflix
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Lot leads a Hebrew tribe through the desert toward the Jordan River, seeking a permanent home. Nearby stand Sodom and Gomorrah, ruled by Queen Bera, who hands Lot her slave Ildith.
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Plot summary
A tribe of Hebrews crosses the desert in search of a permanent home, and reaches the Jordan River. Close by lie two rich cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, whose salt mines are worked by slaves and whose people live in luxury. Queen Bera rules the cities, and her brother Astaroth, the prince of Sodom, plots against her. Bera lets the Hebrews farm land outside the cities, expecting them to act as a shield against the nomadic Helamites. Lot, their leader, meets Ildith, a slave in the queen's household. Though she is used to comfort, she joins the Hebrew camp, befriends Lot's daughters Shuah and Maleb, and she and Lot plan to marry.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
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- Sergio Leone was hired to shoot some second unit photography on the film but he left during the shoot, either quitting or being fired.
- Joseph E. Levine was enticed into a co-production with the Italian company Titanus. All he saw was a bad script, he said, and they wanted a million dollars; he argued instead for getting a good script and spending two million, putting up 60% of that himself.
- Location shooting took place near Marrakesh and the budget grew from $2 million to $5 million. Stanley Baker and Joseph E. Levine got along so well during filming that Levine agreed to finance Zulu.
- Maurice Binder designed the title sequence, which featured an orgy, and he took three days to direct a sequence that was supposed to take one day.
