SYNOPSIS
Esther, who lived in Persia during the Xerxes’s age, then stays in Susa like many other Judaeans who decided to settle in the new Persian empire, although Ciro’s edict in 538 B.C. allowed them to go back to Jerusalem after the Babylonia deportation.
Thanks to her qualities, Esther manages to be a perfect God’s project tool for her people salvation, by stopping the criminal wipping out plan, plotted by the Persian court.
Thanks to her heroism, the Judaeans will be able to get back to Jerusalem.
For Israel that will be a period of rebirth: The Holy City Temple, destroyed by Nabucodonosor, will be rebuilt and Torah, the judaism foundation, regains its strength.
Year: 1999
Format: TV movie 1×90′
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Co-production: Lube in association with France 2, Antena 3, Ard, Mtm, Czech tv, Ncrv, BSkyB and Raiuno
Viewers: 6.659.000
Share: 23.47%
Cast
| Ester | Louise Lombard |
| Mardocheo | F. Murray Abraham |
| Aman | Jurgen Prochnow |
| Re Assuero | Thomas Kretschmann |
| Regina Vasti | Ornella Muti |
| Memucan | Umberto Orsini |
| Esdra | Frank Baker |
| Carbonà | John Hollis |
| Egai | Phil Davies |
| Maimuna | Natasha Williams |
| Carsenà | Peter Halliday |
| Eunuco | Renato Scarpa |
Crew
| Produced By | Lorenzo Minoli |
| Directed By | Raffaele Mertes |
| Screenplay | Sandy Niemand |
| Editor | Alessandro Lucidi |
| Music | Carlo Siliotto |
| Costumes Designer | Simonetta Leoncini, Giovanni Viti |
| Set Decorator | Titus Vossberg |
| Line Producer | Paolo Lucidi |
| Director Of Photography | Giovanni Galasso |
| Stills Photographer | Vincenzo Savino |
| Casting | Jeremy Zimmermann |
| Consultant Lube Inter. | Russell J. Kagan |
| Production Designer | Paolo Biagetti |
| Associated Producer | Paolo Piria |
| Coproducer Luxvide | Luca Bernabei |
| Production Manager | Giovanni Lovatelli |
| First Assistant Director | Tony Brandt |
| Rai Producer | Roberta Cadringher |