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La cortigiana di Babilonia (English title: The Queen of Babylon) is a 1954 Italian film set in the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the year 600 BC.

Queen of Babylon
Directed by	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Screenplay by	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Ennio De Concini Alessandro Ferraù Cesare Ludovici Giuseppe Mangione Nicola Manzari
Starring	Rhonda Fleming Ricardo Montalban
Cinematography	Gábor Pogány
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (US)
Release dates	28 October 1954 (1954-10-28) (Italy) 10 August 1956 (1956-08-10) (United States)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian English

This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.[1]

Plot

Semiramis, a simple keeper of goats, is taken to Babylon for having lodged Amal, the leader of the Chaldeans, pursued by King Ashur. She is noticed by the latter, who would like to make her his favorite. But the beauty has thoughts only for her attractive Amal who managed to escape and comes to visit her discreetly at the palace. Captured again, Amal escapes death thanks to Semiramis who gives in to the king, and he finds himself with his compatriots to toil in the quarries. The deceit of Sibari, the Prime Minister, will change his fate.

Cast

• Rhonda Fleming as "Semiramis"
• Ricardo Montalban as "Amal"
• Roldano Lupi as "Assur"
• Carlo Ninchi as "Sibari"
• Tamara Lees as "Lysia"
• Furio Meniconi as "Bolgias"
• Gildo Bocci

See also

• I Am Semiramis (1963)
• War Gods of Babylon (1962)
• List of historical drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization

References

External links

• Queen of Babylon at IMDb
• Queen of Babylon film clip on YouTube {When accessed on June 10, 2020, this link was no longer active}

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