Das Buch Esther

Das Buch Esther

1919 · 119 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

After the Jewish Mordecai refuses to bow down to Haman, the king's minister, Haman plots to have all of the Jewish population of the kingdom killed. Mordecai places his hopes on his young and beautiful ward Esther to save their people by ingratiating herself with the king.

Directed by Uwe Jens Krafft · Written by Ernst Reicher

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