Film

Esther

1986 · 1h 37m · Drama

IMDb

6.2

Ahasverus, king of Persia and Media, puts aside Vashti and makes Esther his queen, choosing her among maidens in a kingdom stretching from India to Ethiopia. Esther, using information from Mordecai, her uncle and patron, saves the king from assassination. Haman, the king's favorite, is miffed when Mordecai won't bow to him, so he orders death to all Jews in the kingdom, under the seal of the king. Esther pleads for her people, and Mordecai is in turn given license to make his own edict under the king's seal. Mordecai loses sight of his original intention, and bloody murder ensues. Purim annually celebrates the story. At the end of the film, the actors comment.

Simone Benyamini

Esther

Juliano Mer-Khamis

Haman

Zare Vartanian

Ahasverus

David Cohen

Hagai

Shmuel Wolf

Narrator

Sara Cohen

Singer in Hebrew

Rim Bani

Singer in Arabic

Mohammad Bakri

Mordecai

Yasmin Alush

Fuad Awad

Sigal Azrad

Nahoom Berkovitch

Yaacov Biryoti

Haim Biryoti

Rafi Cohen

Tuma Elias

• Amos GitaiDirector · Producer · Writer
• Stephan LevineWriter
• Ruben KornfeldProducer
• Henri AlekanDirector of Photography
• Nurith AvivDirector of Photography
• Sheherazade SaadiEditor

Release date

January 1, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

Hebrew

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama