Judith of Bethulia (1914)

Overview: Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ready to surrender.

Starring: Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron

Categories: Drama, History, War