| Esther |  | Director: Raffaele Mertes
Actors: Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham, Jrgen Prochnow, Thomas Kretschmann, Ornella Muti
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Sales Rank: 8,635
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: COLD34137D
UPC: 043396341371
EAN: 0043396341371
ASIN: B002Z2X7GU
Release Date: March 2, 2010
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Product Description
F. Murray Abraham, Louise Lombard, Jurgen Prochnow. Her charm and beauty helped save her people from certain slaughter. This is the stirring story of Esther, a young Jewish girl who became Queen of Persia-and a beloved heroine. 1998/color/91 min/NR/fullscreen.
The biblical story of Esther, the Jewish woman who saved her people when they faced annihilation, is told in this production featuring British actress Louise Lombard in the title role and F. Murray Abraham as Mordecai, Esther's cousin and foster father. As a girl living under Persian rule, Esther was essentially kidnapped and taken into the harem of the king, Xerxes. The king, taken by her beauty, made her his queen, and as dramatized in the film, she found herself involved in a delicate balancing act between the ruling Persians and her own Jewish people. While this is a fairly elaborate production with a solid supporting cast, it proceeds at a relaxed pace and never quite takes off dramatically. But it does provide a solid telling of Esther's story, and if considered as something of a docudrama, it's successful. The story is clearly told of how the king's chief minister, Haman, had hoped to see the Jews annihilated, but thanks to Esther's intercession the Jews were able to defend themselves and destroy their enemies (events which are celebrated at the Jewish Feast of Purim). The production does provide much of the period flavor of ancient life, and the major facets of the story and portrayals of the characters coincide with biblical accounts. --Robert J. McNamara
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