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Judith de Béthulie

Titre original : Judith of Bethulia
  • 1914
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 1min
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6,2/10
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Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall in Judith de Béthulie (1914)
Drama

Une femme religieuse cherche à sauver son peuple de la destruction en séduisant et en assassinant le chef ennemi, mais ses plans se compliquent lorsqu'elle tombe amoureuse de lui.Une femme religieuse cherche à sauver son peuple de la destruction en séduisant et en assassinant le chef ennemi, mais ses plans se compliquent lorsqu'elle tombe amoureuse de lui.Une femme religieuse cherche à sauver son peuple de la destruction en séduisant et en assassinant le chef ennemi, mais ses plans se compliquent lorsqu'elle tombe amoureuse de lui.

  • Réalisation
    • D.W. Griffith
  • Scénario
    • Thomas Bailey Aldrich
    • D.W. Griffith
    • Grace Pierce
  • Casting principal
    • Blanche Sweet
    • Henry B. Walthall
    • Mae Marsh
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,2/10
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    • Réalisation
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Scénario
      • Thomas Bailey Aldrich
      • D.W. Griffith
      • Grace Pierce
    • Casting principal
      • Blanche Sweet
      • Henry B. Walthall
      • Mae Marsh
    • 19avis d'utilisateurs
    • 7avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Blanche Sweet
    Blanche Sweet
    • Judith
    Henry B. Walthall
    Henry B. Walthall
    • Holofernes
    Mae Marsh
    Mae Marsh
    • Naomi
    Robert Harron
    Robert Harron
    • Nathan - Son of Eliah
    Kate Bruce
    Kate Bruce
    • Marah - Judith's Servant
    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • The Young Mother
    J. Jiquel Lanoe
    • Holofernes' Eunuch Attendant
    Gertrude Bambrick
    • Lead Assyrian Dancer
    Dorothy Gish
    Dorothy Gish
    • The Crippled Beggar
    Harry Carey
    Harry Carey
    • Assyrian Traitor
    Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel Barrymore
    • Extra
    • (non crédité)
    Clara T. Bracy
    Clara T. Bracy
    • Bethulian
    • (non crédité)
    Kathleen Butler
    • Bethulian
    • (non crédité)
    William J. Butler
    • Bethulian
    • (non crédité)
    Christy Cabanne
    Christy Cabanne
    • Extra
    • (non confirmé)
    • (non crédité)
    William A. Carroll
    William A. Carroll
    • Assyrian Soldier
    • (non crédité)
    Edward Dillon
    Edward Dillon
    • Extra
    • (non confirmé)
    • (non crédité)
    Louise Emmons
    Louise Emmons
    • Bethulian Begging for Food
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Scénario
      • Thomas Bailey Aldrich
      • D.W. Griffith
      • Grace Pierce
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    deickemeyer

    Her Condoned Sin

    The Biograph company has taken the original four reels and to those from the hundred and fifty thousand feet of exposed negative have added two reels. New sub-titles have been given the whole production. These are unusual in their artistry. Over dark atmospheric backgrounds, selected from the negative, sub-titles have been imposed. The effect is striking. Out of regard for the opinions of exhibitors, many of whom had complained that "Judith of Bethulia" as a title lacked those psychological qualities of appeal for which showmen as a class have such a keen sense, the enlarged production is issued under the name of "Her Condoned Sin." As the reissued picture treats of a Biblical period, not of to-day, it is under no handicap such as follows upon the bringing out of the vaults of a story where the characters are arrayed in a garb that was up to date a few years previously. Another fact that will impress itself upon the observer is that after all we have gained little if at all in a photographic way in the past three years. The photography of "Her Condoned Sin" is of the best. The whole subject is tinted and toned in a most effective combination of amber and light sepia. This treatment, together with the new titling, enhances the pictorial quality of a subject that at the time it was first presented to the public was conceded by many in a position to speak authoritatively to be the best all-around product of an American studio. - The Moving Picture World, February 3, 1917
    Michael_Elliott

    Very Good

    Judith of Bethulia (1914)

    *** (out of 4)

    D.W. Griffith's first feature as well as his final film for the Biograph company. Semi historical story from the Old Testament about Judith (Blanche Sweet), a strong willed woman who rises up to defend her town of Bethulia against Holofernes (Henry B. Walthall) and the Assyrians. Griffith was the first to take film-making to Los Angeles and that's how he got away with this film when Biograph refused to let him make longer running films. Griffith told the company he was going back out West so that he could film in better weather. The studio was under the impression that he was going to make six short films but instead he spent $36,000 (nearly five times the cost of a normal picture) and created his first feature. Even though the film became a huge hit, Biograph still refused to let him make features so Griffith left the studio, taking the majority of their actors with him and the rest is history. Needless to say but Biograph didn't last much longer. As for the actual film, it's a pretty good telling of events but for some reason that beautiful editing of Griffith's isn't to be seen here, which is a shame because it probably would have helped the film a lot. I think it would have also helped had he inserted more title cards but it's clear Griffith's mind was on the technical side of the epic battle scenes. The battle scenes here are very good and quite a treasure for the eyes. There's one scene where the Assyrians are trying to break down the gate leading into Bethulia and this here is where the greatest action is. People are on top of the gate throwing down large rocks, which was all done for real. Griffith paid the actors an extra $5 a day to let these rocks be thrown at them. The performance from Sweet is exceptionally good and the supporting cast also includes Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Harry Carey and Robert Harron.
    9Steffi_P

    "Hear me, and I will do a thing which shall go through all generations"

    Judith of Bethulia is, depending on your definition, Griffith's earliest full-length feature, or his longest short. While nowhere near as mammoth in length as Birth of a Nation, in scope and ambition it is a leap forward from two-reelers like The Battle of Elderbrush Gulch. In any case, it was certainly Griffith's first genuine attempt at making a feature, and only really suffered from curtailment by the Biograph bosses.

    The care Griffith takes in establishing character was nothing new, and neither were the techniques he uses for staging the battle sequences. What stands out here though is how constant the quality level is. While the whole is clearly lacking some development - the romantic angle between Mae Marsh and Bobby Haron appears to have been a casualty of Biograph's cutbacks - what does remain is consistently of a high standard. There are no wrong notes, no awful performances and no misjudged cuts. In this respect Judith of Bethulia differs from many of the better known Griffith features, which whilst appearing fully rounded and complete, were often peppered with weak moments.

    Nevertheless, Griffith has clearly put a lot of thought into the structure of Judith of Bethulia. The film is filled with counterpoint and contrast, and it is in fact this which gives it the nature of a feature and not a short. The majority of Biograph shorts dealt with one form of business at a time - frenzied action, emotional turmoil, loving harmony and so forth - and any attempts to mix and match these tended to be a bit of a mess. In Judith of Bethulia Griffith pulls off just such a blending. For example, when Judith is wrestling with her conscience over whether she can murder Holofernes, Griffith intercuts the Bethulian soldiers' dash to recapture the well. The ensuing battle scenes would seem to be at odds with Judith's agonising, yet by now the audience has bought into her situation and the counterpoint works. Another example occurs in the middle of the film, where Griffith cuts back and forth between Judith's decision to go forth into the enemy camp, and Holofernes executing a cowardly soldier. Why intercut between these two seemingly unrelated scenes? Because they are the defining moments of character exposition for both - Judith's spiritual awakening, and Holofernes at his most barbaric.

    In relation to the above, there is also a lot of contrasting of Bethulian piety and purity with Assyrian debauchery. This kind of religious moralism is rare in Griffith's work, although as anyone who has seen more than a few of his films will know he was happy to wear almost any political or philosophical hat so long as it suited the story.

    Griffith casts what were, at the time, all his favourite leads, hence the generally strong performances throughout. The historical setting allows for a little more hammyness and theatricality than would be acceptable in a contemporary drama, which means things even out nicely given the generally naturalistic but occasionally over the top acting styles of the late Biographs. It's interesting to see Lillian Gish cast in a supporting role as "the young mother". To date her best and most prominent performance had been in The Mothering Heart, and she also played the token mother of the token baby in The Battle of Elderbrush Gulch. Later, when she was Griffith's primary female lead she would play the purely symbolic mother figure, eternally rocking the cradle in Intolerance. Although she never had a child in real life, with her tender features Griffith had clearly singled her out as the archetypal mother, specifically of babies.

    Judith of Bethulia was inevitably overshadowed by the three-hour extravaganza that was Birth of A Nation. Now that Birth has been denounced as racist nonsense, film buff favourites Intolerance and Broken Blossoms are now most often cited as Griffith's ones to watch. It's really about time Judith of Bethulia was given recognition as Griffith's true feature debut, and the crowning achievement of his days at Biograph.
    5Red-Barracuda

    A very early example of a full-length feature film

    The story of Holofernes leading the Assyrians against the Judean city of Bethulia. After a failed attack the Assyrians try to withhold the water supply from the Judeans. Judith of Bethulia is called into action to save her people.

    This is the first D.W. Griffiths feature film. Indeed it's one of the very first full-length movies. It's a dry run for later Griffith epics such as Intolerance, which also features a biblical attack on an ancient city, in that case Babylon. This film is a lot less grand it has to be said. Watch out for the version available on-line with the abysmally inappropriately jolly score! It's really only going to be of interest to those who wish to delve into the origins of feature film-making. It's a little heavy going otherwise.
    Snow Leopard

    Interesting & Worthwhile, In Several Respects

    With a good cast, an interesting story, and settings that are generally convincing, "Judith of Bethulia" is a worthwhile and enjoyable dramatization of the semi-historical story of Judith (from the Old Testament Apocrypha). It fits together pretty well, and tells the story with a good amount of action and some depth as well. It is also of historical interest, as an example of what movies were like in the era when full-length pictures were just about to become common.

    Blanche Sweet stars as the heroine Judith, a popular and prominent resident of the town of Bethulia, near ancient Jerusalem. When the town is attacked and besieged by the Assyrians, Judith becomes her town's best hope, so she must be courageous and must also work through some dilemmas. Sweet does a very good job of letting us see what her character is thinking and feeling. The rest of the cast includes several names well-known to fans of silent films (some in smaller roles), and they help out as well.

    Although this was one of the earliest feature-length films, most of the story-telling techniques work all right, and it shows only a few real signs of age (mostly in the more lavish or large-scale sets and scenes). While it's probably too 'old-fashioned' to appeal to most of today's movie-goers, it's a good movie that is worthwhile both for its content and its historical interest.

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    • Anecdotes
      Although the film was completed in 1913, Biograph delayed its release until 1914, after D. W. Griffith left the company, so that it would not have to pay him in a profit-sharing agreement they had.
    • Gaffes
      When Judith goes out into the city and begins to bless the young mother's baby, an extra enters the shot in the left foreground, blocking the action. She or he quickly retreats back out of view, as someone obviously yelled out.
    • Citations

      Judith: Hear me and I will do a thing which shall go through all generations.

    • Connexions
      Edited into Her Condoned Sin (1917)

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    • Date de sortie
      • 8 mars 1914 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langues
      • Aucun
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Judith of Bethulia
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis
    • Société de production
      • Biograph Company
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      • 40 000 $US (estimé)
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    • Durée
      1 heure 1 minute
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Silent
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.33 : 1

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