Sodom and Gomorrah" (1962) - Part 1** is a historical epic film that takes viewers back to the biblical era of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Directed by Robert Aldrich, this movie portrays the rise and fall of these infamous cities, which were known for their decadence and immorality.
The film centers around the character of Lot, played by Stewart Granger, who leads the Hebrews to the fertile lands near Sodom. Despite his attempts to stay righteous, Lot finds himself and his people embroiled in the corruption and sinful practices of Sodom. The movie vividly depicts the luxurious lifestyle of the Sodomites, the political intrigue, and the divine judgment that eventually leads to the cities' catastrophic destruction.
The grandeur of the sets and the epic scale of the production are matched by a stirring musical score composed by Miklós Rózsa. The first part of the film focuses on the introduction of the key characters, the establishment of the cities' opulence, and the growing tension between Lot's people and the inhabitants of Sodom. The dramatic buildup towards the ultimate divine retribution is skillfully crafted, setting the stage for the explosive events in the second part.
This film is not only a visual spectacle but also serves as a moral allegory, reflecting the timeless themes of temptation, faith, and the consequences of unchecked hedonism.
**#SodomAndGomorrah1962 #BiblicalEpic #RobertAldrich #StewartGranger #MiklósRózsa #HollywoodClassics #HistoricalDrama #AncientCities #DivineJudgment #MoralAllegory #CinematicSpectacle #1960sCinema**
The film centers around the character of Lot, played by Stewart Granger, who leads the Hebrews to the fertile lands near Sodom. Despite his attempts to stay righteous, Lot finds himself and his people embroiled in the corruption and sinful practices of Sodom. The movie vividly depicts the luxurious lifestyle of the Sodomites, the political intrigue, and the divine judgment that eventually leads to the cities' catastrophic destruction.
The grandeur of the sets and the epic scale of the production are matched by a stirring musical score composed by Miklós Rózsa. The first part of the film focuses on the introduction of the key characters, the establishment of the cities' opulence, and the growing tension between Lot's people and the inhabitants of Sodom. The dramatic buildup towards the ultimate divine retribution is skillfully crafted, setting the stage for the explosive events in the second part.
This film is not only a visual spectacle but also serves as a moral allegory, reflecting the timeless themes of temptation, faith, and the consequences of unchecked hedonism.
**#SodomAndGomorrah1962 #BiblicalEpic #RobertAldrich #StewartGranger #MiklósRózsa #HollywoodClassics #HistoricalDrama #AncientCities #DivineJudgment #MoralAllegory #CinematicSpectacle #1960sCinema**
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00:06:10While treason and intrigue were perpetrated in Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:06:14in the desert a peaceful people, the Hebrews,
00:06:17wandered in search of forage for their herds and crops for themselves.
00:06:22Amongst these Hebrews was the tribe of Abraham.
00:06:26And the land was not able to bear them that they might dwell together,
00:06:30for their numbers were great.
00:06:32So Abraham said unto Lot,
00:06:34If you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right.
00:06:38Or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
00:06:42And then Lot chose and journeyed east with all his people,
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00:06:52Go back to Lot, maybe he'll carry you.
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00:07:25O Lord, if indeed it is your will that my people walk these weary miles,
00:07:31please help me not to show fatigue.
00:07:34Give us strength in the time ahead to overcome the misery of our bodies,
00:07:38the dryness in our throats.
00:07:42Please help us endure the fear that eats at our hearts.
00:07:48The journey was long and weary.
00:07:51Thirst, hunger and exhaustion came unto Lot's people.
00:07:55And so did the loss of hope that spread amongst them the seed of dissension.
00:07:59Lot says it's only for the sick to drink.
00:08:02Aren't you sick, Isaac?
00:08:04Do you feel well?
00:08:06Rip them open.
00:08:07Go on.
00:08:08Let the cold water rush over your hands, your face.
00:08:11Let it wet your lips, fill your mouth.
00:08:13No, no, no.
00:08:14No, no, please.
00:08:15Then when Lot gets angry, you say,
00:08:17But Lot, dear Lot, can't you see I'm sick?
00:08:20I'd die for water.
00:08:21Take it.
00:08:22No.
00:08:23Go on, take it.
00:08:24No, no, no, no, no, no, please don't.
00:08:26Go on.
00:08:27No.
00:08:28Go on.
00:08:35Wait, Isaac, wait.
00:08:40Please.
00:08:41I want a drink.
00:08:42I'm sick, Lot.
00:08:43I'm sick.
00:08:44It was put here for the sick.
00:08:45Please, Lot, give me a drink.
00:08:47Help him.
00:08:49But who made him sick?
00:08:51Who goaded him so he lost control?
00:08:53I say Lot did.
00:08:56I say we turn back.
00:08:57Turn back?
00:08:58When we are almost within a few days,
00:09:01even a few hours of our destination?
00:09:03I say Lot is not fit to lead us.
00:09:05We've suffered enough.
00:09:07He's crazy.
00:09:08Kill Lot.
00:09:09It's not our custom to settle such matters with a weapon.
00:09:12Give the word to turn back.
00:09:14The council has empowered Lot to be our leader, Melchior.
00:09:18It is your place to obey.
00:09:20That staff belongs in my hand.
00:09:22It's my place to lead.
00:09:28As Melchior burns for action,
00:09:30I suggest he come ahead with me.
00:09:32We'll find out how far we still have to go.
00:09:36Come on.
00:09:46Water.
00:09:48Come, let's drink.
00:09:50Water.
00:09:52Water.
00:09:53Water.
00:09:54Water.
00:09:55Water.
00:09:56Water.
00:09:57Let's drink.
00:09:58Wait.
00:10:00Where there's water, there is also danger.
00:10:24Step back.
00:10:25Let them approach.
00:10:27What are you doing here?
00:10:28We've come looking for water.
00:10:30You will find none of your answers,
00:10:32not since the drought three years ago.
00:10:35You're Hebrews, aren't you?
00:10:37Yes.
00:10:38Our patrols have told us for weeks that you were coming.
00:10:41They said that your men were bearded,
00:10:43but you're clean-shaven.
00:10:45Why?
00:10:46Our men go clean-shaven when they're in mourning.
00:10:49Really?
00:10:50For whom?
00:10:51A favorite, perhaps?
00:10:53A wife.
00:10:55A wife.
00:10:56There is always someone to take the place of a wife, no?
00:11:01How far is it to water?
00:11:03Many of my people are sick for want of it.
00:11:05It may not just be water they need.
00:11:07They may also need salt.
00:11:09Salt?
00:11:10But salt creates thirst.
00:11:12It is a secret as old as my city.
00:11:15When one is overcome by weakness from the sun's heat,
00:11:18one needs salt.
00:11:21Unfortunately, I traded all mine for those slaves, you see.
00:11:26I bought them for the queen.
00:11:28They worked four times their weight in salt.
00:11:32Poor creatures.
00:11:35Am I a poor creature, too?
00:11:37Does your heart ache for me?
00:11:40I'm a slave, too.
00:11:42Chief of the queen's body slaves.
00:11:44But for one human to own another is wrong.
00:11:46Evil.
00:11:48Evil?
00:11:50How strange you are.
00:11:52Where I come from, nothing is evil.
00:11:55Everything that gives pleasure is good.
00:11:58Where do you come from?
00:12:00There.
00:12:01Not far.
00:12:02Just ahead.
00:12:04Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:12:11You citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:12:14beware.
00:12:17Your sins cry out for extermination.
00:12:22You buy men and women as if they were objects of stone.
00:12:27Treat them only as implements for your pleasure
00:12:31or machines to work.
00:12:33Even as you whip and force them to mine
00:12:36your miraculous deposits of pure white salt
00:12:39only to increase the power and wealth of your infamous cities.
00:12:46Yes.
00:12:47Your power and wealth rests on salt.
00:12:50And your salt is bought with the blood of slaves.
00:12:54Hear me, you people of Sodom.
00:12:57It's only Alabias, the old clown.
00:13:00Close his mouth.
00:13:01I must warn the prince.
00:13:08And someday they will destroy you
00:13:10just as your bloody prince would destroy even his own sister.
00:13:15Silence, old man.
00:13:16You dare blaspheme against the queen's brother?
00:13:19Who is he to command loyalty and you to speak of it?
00:13:28You who monopolize that one commodity
00:13:31more valuable in all Africa than gold.
00:13:34Salt.
00:13:36Who use this precious stuff to keep your cruel fingers tight
00:13:39on the heartstrings of a whole continent.
00:13:42Who trade your salt for jewels, perfumes or slaves
00:13:46to sate the hideous appetite of your queen
00:13:49and your infamous prince, her brother.
00:14:13What the hell?
00:14:15What the hell?
00:14:18Hold it! Hold it!
00:14:42Hold it!
00:14:43Hold it!
00:15:10We wrote hard to warn you.
00:15:12I only hope that we came in time.
00:15:15She has not yet arrived.
00:15:19It was well done to come so fast.
00:15:21You shall be rewarded.
00:15:22Yet it's enough to call for other methods.
00:15:24More subtle, perhaps.
00:15:25Betrayal.
00:15:27A great defeat on the field of battle that would disgrace her.
00:15:30Then her murder would be hailed as a supreme act of patriotism.
00:15:34And he who kills her, the next king of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:15:38My sister.
00:15:40She thinks herself as strong a leader as a man might be.
00:15:43But she has a little cautious woman's mind.
00:15:46I could create a state, a nation, an empire.
00:15:50She seeks to conserve only what we have.
00:15:53Our two joined cities.
00:15:57Here she is. Stupid creature.
00:16:01Tamar. Tamar.
00:16:04Up here.
00:16:05Don't worry.
00:16:07I'll protect you.
00:16:08Don't worry.
00:16:19Quiet.
00:16:21What message did he give you for me?
00:16:24That the arrival of the Hebrews makes a difference.
00:16:28The time is not yet.
00:16:32I said quiet.
00:16:34Breathe deeply.
00:16:36Breathe, I said.
00:16:43He's blind.
00:16:46Blind.
00:16:47What a wonderful idea.
00:16:51So delightfully imaginative.
00:16:56It makes the whole affair more interesting.
00:16:59The whole affair more interesting.
00:17:05An excellent refinement, Malik.
00:17:07That should certainly make the disloyal sluts talk.
00:17:12Utter the name that my sister wishes to know.
00:17:15And your sister will die.
00:17:26You let them watch and I shall utter it.
00:17:30You let them watch and I shall utter it.
00:17:38Of all my slaves, you were my favorite.
00:17:43Weren't you happy with me?
00:17:49Not even grateful?
00:17:51What information did you take to the Hellermite camp?
00:17:54Since when did murderers set themselves up as judges?
00:17:57Since when did traitors have the right to question who sent you there?
00:18:08Whoever it is, I prefer to leave them still alive.
00:18:13My legacy to your majesty and Saddam.
00:18:28Lock it.
00:18:37Tomer.
00:18:38Tomer, the slave.
00:18:42No, no.
00:18:43Quickly, Arno.
00:18:45Quickly.
00:18:46It's better this way.
00:18:48No, no.
00:18:49Have pity on me, Arno.
00:18:51I will feel less pain.
00:18:52No.
00:18:53Have pity on me, Arno.
00:18:56The name Tomer.
00:18:57Please, Arno.
00:18:58Please.
00:18:59She will die silent.
00:19:02Kill the rest of the litter.
00:19:11Speak.
00:19:12Tell me the name.
00:19:14Who sent you to the Hellermite?
00:19:17Speak before it's too late.
00:19:19Speak.
00:19:26Scream.
00:19:30Scream.
00:19:47Of all of them, this animal is the most delicate complement to your taste.
00:19:51Thank you, your majesty.
00:20:04Proud, too.
00:20:09The first sense yourself, eldest.
00:20:11To suppress all outcry.
00:20:13I admire pride.
00:20:14It best not please you too much.
00:20:18If one is to take Tomer as an example,
00:20:20the life expectancy of the queen's favorites.
00:20:25Is distressingly brief.
00:20:29You say you met them?
00:20:30These Hebrews?
00:20:32That's more than my brother has done.
00:20:34Yet he hasn't ceased to warn me against them for weeks.
00:20:40I wonder why.
00:20:42You can see for yourself the Hebrews are untrustworthy.
00:20:44They're fanatics.
00:20:45Will do anything to propagate their faith.
00:20:48And you.
00:20:50You tell me they're not dangerous.
00:20:52Dangerous?
00:20:53Dangerous to whom?
00:20:55To us.
00:20:57Didn't you say they went unarmed?
00:20:59The ones I saw, yes.
00:21:01I'd very much like to see for myself why you think them such a menace.
00:21:06When my plans are perfected, we shall visit.
00:21:10I live, my dear sister.
00:21:12Only to obey your orders.
00:21:16As always, he thinks no further than the point of his sword.
00:21:19He thinks of these people as a physical threat.
00:21:23In a physical sense,
00:21:25their presence can be useful
00:21:28in the event of an attack from,
00:21:30from the Hellamites, let's say.
00:21:40In time of peace, they live in useful employment.
00:21:44Slaves of the soil.
00:21:46Slaves, no.
00:21:48Their leader, Lot, believes that
00:21:50for one human being to own another is wrong.
00:21:54If they own no slaves,
00:21:56they must be very poor.
00:21:58Poor?
00:22:00Yes, of course.
00:22:02But they don't seem to know that they're poor.
00:22:05If that man, Lot, chooses not to own slaves, that is his affair.
00:22:09But it's not always possible
00:22:11to avoid becoming one.
00:22:13Particularly when tempted by tricksters.
00:22:16Tempted by tricksters.
00:22:18Oh, the sweet Sodom.
00:22:20As long-lived as Gomorrah.
00:22:23How often.
00:22:25Even in our own marketplace, have we heard.
00:22:28Ah, but the Hebrews keep their word.
00:22:31The Hebrews can be trusted.
00:22:33Yes.
00:22:35Between ourselves and that great empire my brother dreams of
00:22:40stand the Hebrews
00:22:42with their newborn religion.
00:22:44Between the Hebrews and the world, only Sodom.
00:22:49And you, Ilde.
00:22:51Are you afraid of being my favorite?
00:23:08The Jordan.
00:23:10Where our faith will meet its bitterest taste.
00:23:15No Hebrew must go into those cities.
00:23:18No, not even near them.
00:23:21Give the order, no one is to cross the river.
00:23:24No one cross the river! No one!
00:23:29My two fine, courageous daughters.
00:23:34Our long pilgrimage is finally over.
00:23:39The end.
00:24:03You warn our people not to drink too much, huh?
00:24:10Oh, thank you, Lord, for our deliverance.
00:24:13And I humbly beg you to show me what we must do now.
00:24:40Get away!
00:24:50Old Alaba seems still alive.
00:25:10What hideous place is this?
00:25:14What dreadful blasphemy.
00:25:17Dead and dying men,
00:25:19white bones under the Lord's bright sky and his sweet sun.
00:25:28Don't move.
00:25:30You'll be all right, we'll take care of you.
00:25:33Here, drink.
00:25:40Slowly.
00:25:45What is this place?
00:25:49The graveyard for the slaves of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:25:54The flesh from these bones
00:25:57was the clay that built those iniquitous cities.
00:26:09Hurry!
00:26:17Move it!
00:26:21Move!
00:26:24Hold it!
00:26:27Move!
00:26:29Move!
00:26:31Move!
00:26:40The Chosen People, or so they call themselves.
00:26:45Chosen by who?
00:26:48Stop.
00:26:50You were right, Sunday.
00:26:53When it's dressed in homespun,
00:26:55one tends to take crudity for virtue.
00:26:59So long as one doesn't mistake it for weakness.
00:27:02Stop.
00:27:10Make off.
00:27:12Warn our people, no one is to cross the river, no one.
00:27:16Except you, Lord.
00:27:18You must negotiate for us.
00:27:23Be careful, Lord.
00:27:26Don't worry.
00:27:29I'll be careful.
00:27:31I'll be careful.
00:27:33I'll be careful.
00:27:35I'll be careful.
00:27:37Don't worry.
00:27:46My son and I were the slaves of the Gui.
00:27:49We've been ordered to carry you across.
00:27:51I have my own two legs.
00:27:53Please.
00:27:55So we may talk.
00:28:07You have no slaves?
00:28:09No.
00:28:11We're only servants ourselves.
00:28:13Servants of Jehovah.
00:28:18If my son and I could escape to you,
00:28:21would you give us sanctuary?
00:28:24I would.
00:28:33You're welcome.
00:28:36Your Majesty.
00:28:38Lord, leader of the Hebrews.
00:28:41Of all places to choose from,
00:28:43what was there here
00:28:45that made you journey across the desert?
00:28:48I heard the land was fertile.
00:28:50For what, your crops?
00:28:52Or your religion?
00:28:54For both, perhaps.
00:28:56If this land were yours,
00:28:58would you and your people be prepared to fight for it?
00:29:00You may find the nomadic tribes are far from friendly.
00:29:02We are not warriors.
00:29:04But we would fight
00:29:06to defend what is ours.
00:29:08Then make it yours,
00:29:10Aldus Valley,
00:29:12for 100,000 talents of grain a year,
00:29:14for, say,
00:29:16ten years?
00:29:23It's only fair to warn you
00:29:25that the land is barren
00:29:27and dry.
00:29:29We could not possibly meet the price.
00:29:3275,000 talents a year,
00:29:34no less.
00:29:36Fifty.
00:29:38Agreed.
00:29:40For, say,
00:29:42seven years?
00:29:44Still agreed.
00:29:46My daughter, sure,
00:29:48brings a gift for your Majesty
00:29:50to seal the bargain.
00:29:52Signed, natural.
00:29:59To dry your legs.
00:30:03Then let me give you a gift in return,
00:30:06this female slave.
00:30:08Ildith?
00:30:10I will not go.
00:30:12I'd rather die.
00:30:14Is this why I was schooled
00:30:16to live here with herdsmen
00:30:18in hats of
00:30:20of stinking hounds?
00:30:22No,
00:30:24no,
00:30:26no.
00:30:28I'd hide you were schooled
00:30:30to do whatever pleased my whim.
00:30:32Your Majesty, I must refuse.
00:30:34It is against our principles
00:30:36to own another human being.
00:30:38Is it also against your principles
00:30:40to liberate them?
00:30:43Goodbye.
00:30:46Good fortune.
00:30:58Good fortune.
00:31:29Walk back to me.
00:31:31Come.
00:31:33There's going to be trouble, Neco.
00:31:35Well, there...
00:31:37Father.
00:31:39The women,
00:31:41especially the wives,
00:31:43are reluctant to accept this woman.
00:31:45She's an ex-sodom slave.
00:31:47But I shall point out
00:31:49from the altar of the tabernacle
00:31:51the need for hospitality.
00:31:54Thank you, Neco.
00:31:55We dressed her as you have ordered, Lot.
00:31:58She complains of the fit,
00:32:00but I have told her
00:32:02that she will get used to it,
00:32:04even as the rest of us.
00:32:06Thank you, Ruth.
00:32:08As you ordered, Lot.
00:32:11Well,
00:32:13aren't you even going to look at me?
00:32:17Exquisite, isn't it?
00:32:19And so soft to the skin.
00:32:22Do you find it more becoming
00:32:23than the silks I wore when I came here?
00:32:25For its purpose, yes.
00:32:27What purpose?
00:32:29A bird wears bright feathers
00:32:31to attract other birds?
00:32:33Look at this.
00:32:42Or don't you agree with me?
00:32:44Not at all.
00:32:46Women wear clothes
00:32:48to shelter them from the sun,
00:32:50to protect them from the cold.
00:32:52That explains the fit.
00:32:57You,
00:32:59you Hebrews confuse clothes with tents.
00:33:01Oh, yes, they're loose.
00:33:03That's to leave the limbs free to work.
00:33:05What work?
00:33:07A woman's work,
00:33:09to cook,
00:33:11to spin, lean,
00:33:13to follow the harvesters.
00:33:15And you say slavery is against your principles?
00:33:17Yes, it is.
00:33:19And yet you want me to do work
00:33:21to work is the price of freedom.
00:33:23To support your own needs.
00:33:25Be able to determine
00:33:27how and where you will work.
00:33:29To,
00:33:31to own yourself.
00:33:33If it means sunburned face,
00:33:35coarse and rough
00:33:37and dirty clothes like these,
00:33:39then let me be a slave in Sodom.
00:33:42Let me too.
00:33:44If it means perfumes and silks like these.
00:33:46Feel it, Father,
00:33:48like an angel's wing
00:33:49in the shoes.
00:33:51See the lovely shoes.
00:33:53You'll need these when they're dry.
00:33:55How dare you appear in clothes like that?
00:33:57What would your mother have said?
00:33:59And what would she have said
00:34:01to see the woman who owned these clothes in our tent?
00:34:03We all know why you took her in.
00:34:05No need for a man who has lost his wife
00:34:07to be ashamed of that.
00:34:09Impudent!
00:34:11You're forgetting that your father is the leader.
00:34:13The first thing I learned as a slave was
00:34:15that a leader can do no wrong.
00:34:16A leader can do no wrong.
00:34:46Stop!
00:34:50Stop!
00:35:04Stop!
00:35:06Wait! Wait!
00:35:17Stop!
00:35:29Return our slaves!
00:35:31By your sister's word, this land is ours. They reached it, they're free.
00:35:34Return them!
00:35:36No.
00:35:41Wait!
00:35:44He's fighting!
00:35:46This way!
00:35:48Would you kill a helpless man? Would you?
00:35:52Well?
00:36:07Help him.
00:36:10And you.
00:36:12Tell your queen that we'll care for her brother until he's well enough to ride back alone.
00:36:20Sure. Take him to our tent.
00:36:25And also tell her that these men are now free.
00:36:28We grant them sanctuary.
00:36:31And now, get off our land.
00:36:36Return to Sodom!
00:36:38The Sodomites will never forgive you for this.
00:36:41We have no need to fear the Sodomites.
00:36:44We're servants of the Lord.
00:36:46We're here on God's business.
00:36:48It is they who should fear us.
00:36:51The elders and Lot are offering a prayer to Jehovah.
00:36:55And they ask that he help us in our new adventure.
00:36:58The elders in Lot are offering a prayer to Jehovah, and they ask that he help us in our
00:37:18new venture.
00:37:19It's better we ask for swords, spears, lances.
00:37:23They don't yet understand.
00:37:25The Sodomites are your enemies.
00:37:27Dangerous.
00:37:28Ruthless.
00:37:29Be careful of this Astaroth.
00:37:31No matter how sweetly he speaks, be wary of him.
00:37:55I'm in your thoughts a good deal, aren't I?
00:38:22No.
00:38:24Even at night?
00:38:25Not at all.
00:38:26Tell me, do you think of me often?
00:38:32Is my skin still as soft as the first day you bathed me?
00:38:38Does my hair smell as sweet?
00:38:44Does your hand still tremble?
00:38:47My father told me to care for you.
00:38:50I obey him, nothing more.
00:38:52Not even at night?
00:38:55Tent walls are thin, and you sleep so close.
00:39:00I hear you.
00:39:03Your words are most interesting.
00:39:09What words?
00:39:17What words?
00:39:19Should I really tell you?
00:39:22Should I?
00:39:29Why are you this way?
00:39:32What is it?
00:39:35Your... your skin.
00:39:41The odor of your hair.
00:39:46Why do I... why can't I stop feeling?
00:39:52To stop feeling is to die.
00:39:54You're too young for that.
00:39:57Remember your dream last night?
00:40:01The answer lies there.
00:40:14Come on.
00:40:15Come on.
00:40:16Come on.
00:40:17Come on.
00:40:23And he didn't even tell you he was leaving?
00:40:26No.
00:40:27Why should he?
00:40:29He only stayed to amuse himself.
00:40:32Remember how Ildeth looked when she first came?
00:40:36Those are the women he's used to.
00:41:04That should be wide enough.
00:41:06That should withstand any pressure.
00:41:08How long will it take?
00:41:10If our people work as hard as Iba here,
00:41:12we'll be ready for spring planting.
00:41:14A present for the Queen of Sodom.
00:41:16How pleased she should be to see this barren ground turn green.
00:41:20The promised land for every slave in Sodom.
00:41:34You see this root?
00:41:47Well, this root grows wild all over the hills here.
00:41:50And when you cut it like this, it bleeds.
00:41:54And we use the juice to dye the nails like this.
00:41:59You see?
00:42:01The more you use, the darker it gets.
00:42:05Now what's going on?
00:42:07The girl ate feed like an animal, so I was showing her.
00:42:10So I see.
00:42:12Sure.
00:42:14The hour is late.
00:42:15The stock need watering.
00:42:17You see?
00:42:18My father doesn't want me to be attractive.
00:42:23Why can't Malib take care of the stock?
00:42:25Must she do your work as well as hers?
00:42:28Come along with you.
00:42:31My daughters are attractive enough as nature made them.
00:42:34They need no adornment to make them more so.
00:42:37Perhaps...
00:42:39Perhaps the best artifice is to have none.
00:42:43You know, there must be a charm about the flesh and the skin sunburned,
00:42:48fresh from the wind.
00:42:51That we in Sodom never realized.
00:42:53You think so?
00:42:55Oh.
00:42:57You see, the dirt floor has its advantages.
00:42:59It's better being marbled as pretty things are broken.
00:43:05How strange.
00:43:07Huh?
00:43:09Let me see the other hand.
00:43:12Let's go near the light where I can see better.
00:43:19You haven't the hands of a farmer at all.
00:43:22Why not?
00:43:24You have the hands of an important man.
00:43:28Your lifeline is long and clear.
00:43:32My lifeline is short.
00:43:34That means I shall die very young.
00:43:37Do you mean to say you believe in such things?
00:43:40Why don't you?
00:43:43We believe only God knows our future.
00:43:46And that belief gives us a faith that moves mountains.
00:43:51You'll see that faith create something that will transform this whole land.
00:43:55And when you see that creation rise against the sky,
00:43:59then perhaps you'll come to share our faith.
00:44:06And after that fine speech, you're going to sleep outside?
00:44:10No.
00:44:11In the tent of Ishmael.
00:44:13Of course, I should have remembered.
00:44:16Here it's warm, comfortable.
00:44:18Too comfortable, perhaps?
00:44:20And you have to set a good example to the men of the tribe.
00:44:24Even though you wanted to stay here,
00:44:27you wouldn't dare, would you?
00:44:29Good night.
00:44:33You're more of a slave to your beliefs than any slave in Sodom.
00:44:49Though your visit caught us by surprise, Your Highness,
00:44:53we managed to arrange in your honor
00:44:56this rather primitive display of our marching and horsemanship.
00:45:00Hardly primitive, I assure you.
00:45:02A flower of a dozen desert tribes.
00:45:18March them an hour longer.
00:45:20I still can't understand why you don't act immediately.
00:45:22Patience.
00:45:23Patience?
00:45:25I hear your sister has new allies.
00:45:27Allies?
00:45:28The Hebrews live in tents of skin.
00:45:29Their camps unfortified.
00:45:30Their men go unarmed.
00:45:31Oh?
00:45:32I was informed that even the queen's brother was unhorsed by them.
00:45:36Mere chance.
00:45:38They're a peaceful people.
00:45:41Still, I intend to appraise with my own eyes
00:45:43the strength of the tribe.
00:45:45Still, I intend to appraise with my own eyes
00:45:48the strength of these peaceful people.
00:45:51All things must wait their proper moment.
00:45:53I've trained leopards to hunt.
00:45:55I can tell from the pull of the leash
00:45:57when the animal is ready to spring.
00:46:00That moment is not quite yet.
00:46:03I await Your Majesty's pleasure.
00:46:06Jimmy!
00:46:08Oh, no, Jimmy!
00:46:21That's all.
00:46:24Have you seen my brother?
00:46:26No, Your Majesty.
00:46:29So, in short,
00:46:32we must maintain a constant alert
00:46:34and gain as many converts as possible.
00:46:36When the attack comes,
00:46:38we must be able to throw our entire strength
00:46:40against the queen's forces.
00:46:59Gentlemen,
00:47:01how pleasant to see so many of my loyal officers
00:47:05so sure of our defenses
00:47:08that they can afford to while away their time
00:47:11in a place like this.
00:47:13I'm afraid, Your Majesty,
00:47:15it's time for me to go.
00:47:17I'm afraid, Your Majesty,
00:47:19it's time for me to go.
00:47:21I'm afraid, Your Majesty,
00:47:23it's time for me to go.
00:47:25His Majesty knows
00:47:27that they can afford to while away their time
00:47:29in my father's favorite game.
00:47:33Playing it here
00:47:35before his mortal remains.
00:47:39You do him and our other ancestors
00:47:42the kind of honor they would have relished.
00:47:46Get out!
00:47:48We were not as idle as you would think.
00:47:54No, more to the point.
00:47:57Have your officers discovered why the Hebrews spend their time in that dusty quarry?
00:48:02Oh yes, just before you entered I was suggesting, only a theory of course, that those huge blocks
00:48:06of granite which have puzzled us so much are for a temple to propitiate the voracious God
00:48:12of theirs.
00:48:13Best to make sure.
00:48:15Hear their first request for salt.
00:48:17Mind they sign pledges to pay for every grain they need.
00:48:24You might find our guileless elders of use to you.
00:48:29Ask her what they build.
00:48:32A visit to the Hebrew camp?
00:48:34How pleasant.
00:48:35Ah yes, Lord's young daughter.
00:48:40I must say that at times you men make me envy your freedom of activity.
00:48:51And nothing else?
00:48:52Many things.
00:48:54As you, alone perhaps, are well aware, sweetest brother, oldest and dearest enemy of all,
00:49:09I am your wife.
00:49:22You drew blood.
00:49:23I know.
00:49:32It doesn't give you any longer pleasure?
00:49:36Not even pain.
00:49:37Go.
00:49:39Go.
00:49:40Do as I order.
00:49:44As you desire, sweetest sister.
00:50:09So the Soromites think we're building a temple to Jehovah, huh?
00:50:22To Jehovah?
00:50:23No.
00:50:24A pagan temple, I'm afraid.
00:50:25To fertility.
00:50:26Good neighbors, come.
00:50:27See, we bring you gifts.
00:50:28Rich gifts.
00:50:29Beautiful gifts.
00:50:31Gold and silver.
00:50:32All for you.
00:50:33Come.
00:50:34Come.
00:50:35Come.
00:50:36Don't at the request of your leader, but we've brought other things.
00:50:37Things to make your lives more easy.
00:50:38Gold and silver, all for you!
00:50:40Come, come.
00:50:42Come.
00:50:43Sold at the request of your leader.
00:50:45But we've brought other things.
00:50:48Things to make your lives more easy.
00:50:51Soft mattresses and blankets of fine wool.
00:50:55Metal bowls and objects of beauty.
00:50:58To make your houses better than your neighbors'.
00:51:01Good day.
00:51:04Are you not pleased to see me?
00:51:10Tell me, does this man lot seem to be attracted to you?
00:51:17I would judge so, yes.
00:51:20Good.
00:51:23What is it the Hebrews build in the canyon?
00:51:26I haven't even bothered to find out.
00:51:28It's your business to find out.
00:51:30Why?
00:51:32Tell me.
00:51:34My dear child.
00:51:36You're here precisely to keep us informed.
00:51:39To seduce Lot to our customs, to convert him, say.
00:51:42Even as Malik there converts the Hebrew women to our ways.
00:51:45Tell your sister I know nothing.
00:51:47And if I knew something, I would keep it to myself.
00:51:50Now, now, my love.
00:51:52You know my sister does not take kindly to harsh words.
00:51:55What does that matter to me?
00:51:56She gave me away.
00:51:57I'm no longer a prophet.
00:51:58I am free.
00:51:59I can do as I please.
00:52:01I own myself.
00:52:03I wish you pleasure in the ownership.
00:52:19Sure.
00:52:29The bird you seek took cover.
00:52:31There in those tall reeds.
00:52:37I find your loyalty to Lot most touching.
00:52:50Why do you hide from me?
00:52:53Am I suddenly a stranger to you?
00:52:55Or are you angry because I left without telling you?
00:52:57You won't show me where you are.
00:53:00Good.
00:53:02That improves the game.
00:53:04I have to find your tracks in the reeds.
00:53:07You left tracks, you know.
00:53:09You meant to leave them.
00:53:11Wanted to.
00:53:13So that I could follow you.
00:53:15And find you.
00:53:17And even for an indifferent huntsman.
00:53:20It's easy to follow tracks left in reeds, my sure.
00:53:23As you well know.
00:53:25We'll soon find them.
00:53:28Find where you are.
00:53:38Why do you need so much, Melchior?
00:53:41Why so much?
00:53:42You wanted me to find you, admit it.
00:53:44Admit it.
00:53:45You wanted me, admit it.
00:53:48Salt is for everyone.
00:53:50It's free.
00:53:51Like water, like the air.
00:53:54In the name of the Council, make our signs.
00:53:56Make our signs for all of us.
00:53:58But why? We're not slaves.
00:53:59No, we're finished.
00:54:00Quiet, quiet.
00:54:03Now you, leave.
00:54:08Leave!
00:54:10Blood!
00:54:11Blood!
00:54:12Blood!
00:54:13Blood!
00:54:14As the sure, I didn't think, forgive me.
00:54:17Done by the reeds.
00:54:24Leave me.
00:54:26Leave me.
00:54:27What restrains you?
00:54:29Is it rougher treatment you expected?
00:54:31No.
00:54:40You dog!
00:54:50Now run.
00:54:52Leave me to my pleasure or die.
00:54:58Go on, kill me.
00:55:00But you'll never reach Sodom alive.
00:55:04No!
00:55:05You want her to live?
00:55:06Yes.
00:55:07You once spared me, now for your daughter I spare you.
00:55:10But now you and I are even.
00:55:12The next time we meet there will be no handicap.
00:55:15No favor given.
00:55:18No favor asked.
00:55:20You touch my daughter once again.
00:55:23But once again,
00:55:26by Jehovah I'll kill you.
00:55:31Blood, look!
00:55:33Who are they?
00:55:34Nomads.
00:55:36Hellamites.
00:55:37Perhaps now you'll agree.
00:55:39It's wiser to move on.
00:55:44We'll call a meeting of the council.
00:55:46Plan our defense.
00:55:51We are just coming off duty, Lord.
00:55:53Oh, good sir.
00:55:55All the relief sentinels posted?
00:55:57Just as you ordered.
00:55:58On all high points within hearing distance of each other.
00:56:01Good.
00:56:02But for days we have seen nothing.
00:56:10I'm afraid we'll have to go.
00:56:12I'm afraid we'll have to go.
00:56:14I'm afraid we'll have to go.
00:56:16I'm afraid we'll have to go.
00:56:18I'm afraid we'll have to go.
00:56:19I'm afraid we'll have to go.
00:56:25If the devil is due, or hers,
00:56:27she's worked like one of us this whole week.
00:56:30What does one week prove?
00:56:35They've been watching us a bit ago.
00:56:39Wait.
00:56:42Look at him.
00:56:43She'll have him sweeping out the tent next.
00:56:46Leave him alone.
00:56:49Leave him alone.
00:56:57Alad.
00:56:59Alad, wait.
00:57:01There's something I want to ask you.
00:57:03It's about...
00:57:04Malav.
00:57:05And me.
00:57:07We look forward to getting married.
00:57:09Married?
00:57:10Oh, well, naturally, not right away.
00:57:12In about six months.
00:57:17Ishmael.
00:57:18When a man and woman love each other,
00:57:24they shouldn't live apart too long.
00:57:26But there are good reasons to wait, lad.
00:57:28My share of the crop, a new household to furnish.
00:57:30Whenever you decide, with my blessing.
00:57:33Now go and give her a kiss.
00:57:36You shouldn't have followed me.
00:57:38No.
00:57:39Not to my own tent, in broad daylight.
00:57:42That's just it.
00:57:45All those women at the river.
00:57:47It will be all over the camp in ten minutes.
00:57:49The breath of scoundrel.
00:57:53I'm a low-octane man.
00:57:55I'm a low-octane man.
00:57:57I'm a low-octane man.
00:57:59I'm a low-octane man.
00:58:01I'm a low-octane man.
00:58:03I'm a low-octane man.
00:58:04You have a low opinion of me.
00:58:06Have I?
00:58:08You confuse me with my office.
00:58:11Lott, leader of the tribe,
00:58:13would never do this, that and the other, so
00:58:15most neither would Lott the man.
00:58:18But now here is Lott the man.
00:58:21His heart is pounding like an idiot boy.
00:58:24He'd have been set out for his tent,
00:58:26but his legs brought him here.
00:58:28Lott.
00:58:30So,
00:58:31let it be all over camp in ten minutes.
00:58:34Must I deny myself what other people take
00:58:36as naturally as bread and salt?
00:58:38Yes, you must.
00:58:39Because you people must think of you as a good man.
00:58:41Good?
00:58:43Why not dull?
00:58:44Gray?
00:58:45Old?
00:58:46Boring?
00:58:47That wasn't what I meant.
00:58:49What is my being a good man to do
00:58:52with me being here with you in my own tent?
00:58:55Please, Lott.
00:58:57Please.
00:58:58Is it because you think that I'm a good man
00:59:01and that you're not a good woman?
00:59:03Is that it?
00:59:04Because you once lived in Sodom.
00:59:06But you could never conceive the life I lived in Sodom.
00:59:09Never.
00:59:10But that's over.
00:59:11It's nothing to do with now.
00:59:15Look at these hands.
00:59:16Chapped, sunburnt.
00:59:19These aren't the hands of the slave that was given to me.
00:59:23These are the hands of a woman that will be.
00:59:25No, you can't be sure.
00:59:27I can't be sure.
00:59:28The hands of the woman who is now.
00:59:34The woman I want for mine.
00:59:44All right.
00:59:45Why not?
00:59:47I was trained to please, to submit.
00:59:50I could give you pleasure you never dreamed of.
00:59:53Hilda.
00:59:55In Sodom, we had scented baths.
00:59:58Will you forgive me if I come to you like this
01:00:01unperfumed?
01:00:03And what a shame, you took away my lovely dress.
01:00:07I would like to look beautiful for you.
01:00:10Hilda.
01:00:12It isn't pleasure I want.
01:00:14I want your love.
01:00:16I give you mine.
01:00:17No, don't love me.
01:00:18I want you for my wife.
01:00:20No, don't love me.
01:00:21I'm not a woman to love.
01:00:22You mustn't love me.
01:00:23Why?
01:00:24I don't know why.
01:00:25You just mustn't.
01:00:26My good wife.
01:00:27It's not for what I've done.
01:00:29It's for what I may do someday.
01:00:32I may never believe in this Jehovah of yours.
01:00:36You will.
01:00:37I may never be happy dressing clothes like these.
01:00:40You will be.
01:00:41Perhaps, perhaps something in me will betray us.
01:00:46And I will want to go back to Sodom.
01:00:49That's a chance I will take.
01:00:59Why do you disturb me?
01:01:06What is it you have to say to me that you cannot say to the gods?
01:01:10Doesn't one favor always call for another?
01:01:13Was it not Melchior who showed you the way to Lot's daughter?
01:01:17Other favors I'm prepared to perform.
01:01:20But perhaps you're not interested in the first Hebrews who wish to become citizens of Sodom.
01:01:26Favors in the past are happily remembered.
01:01:29Favors yet to come will be rewarded.
01:01:34Be assured that here you are most welcome.
01:01:37Open!
01:01:38Open!
01:01:41Melchior betrayed us.
01:01:43And what else do you have to say?
01:01:45To Sodomites, nothing.
01:01:47But to Hebrews who betray us, much.
01:01:50You are as people, dead.
01:01:52Hollow words from an empty religion.
01:01:55I'd say you're all mad.
01:01:57If I hadn't seen this great dam you'd built.
01:02:00Help! Help me, father!
01:02:02Help!
01:02:03No!
01:02:04Father!
01:02:05No!
01:02:06No!
01:02:07Don't take him!
01:02:08Let me go!
01:02:09He's a slave!
01:02:10No!
01:02:11You've been so wise, so clever.
01:02:14You dug a pit for them and fell into it yourself.
01:02:16You talked the Hebrews into overpaying for a wasteland.
01:02:20And now, with this dam of theirs.
01:02:23That worthless piece of land.
01:02:25It will yield enough to pay for itself in two short years.
01:02:28Now time is on their side.
01:02:33My gracious sister.
01:02:35But Melchior brought other information.
01:02:39Two.
01:02:45That lot was going to marry Ildis.
01:02:50You think it's not important?
01:02:52It proves to me.
01:02:54That the leader of these impregnable people.
01:02:58Is not so impregnable.
01:03:00That time is on my side.
01:03:05Speak.
01:03:06Your majesty.
01:03:08The leader of the Hebrews, Lot.
01:03:10He waits with a group of his advisors.
01:03:13They wish to speak to you.
01:03:15Tell Lot I'll speak to him.
01:03:17But alone.
01:03:18This is excellent.
01:03:20He's delivered himself into our hands.
01:03:23With one quick thrust we can finish with Lot and leave the Hebrews helpless without a leader.
01:03:27And Sodom without allies?
01:03:29Your eagerness to serve touches me.
01:03:32Put away that weapon and wait outside.
01:03:37Why must I always be treated as a child?
01:03:39I said I want to speak to Lot alone.
01:03:51My brother is suffering from a slight attack of hurt pride.
01:03:55Pay no attention to him.
01:03:59You've come to reclaim Melchior?
01:04:01I care nothing for traitors.
01:04:05But where are the ex-slaves that he helped abduct from me yesterday?
01:04:10To clear your head.
01:04:12And calm your temper, Lot.
01:04:14Where are they?
01:04:15I want them back.
01:04:18It is our pleasure to give you pleasure.
01:04:21So let us make you comfortable.
01:04:25You're wasting your time.
01:04:26I didn't come here to be drowned in wine and smothered in cushions.
01:04:31I am the leader of the Hebrew people.
01:04:33And I came to discuss a matter of importance with the leader of the Sodomites.
01:04:37Leave us.
01:04:41You want me to speak not as a woman, but as the ruler of Sodom?
01:04:45Very well, then.
01:04:46But you speak as the leader of the Hebrews.
01:04:48And if you please, not as the self-appointed prophet of an imaginary deity.
01:04:52We will both dispense with camouflage.
01:04:59Do you want to see the slaves that were recaptured?
01:05:03Come.
01:05:16Where does he go, with so grim a face?
01:05:19Wherever he goes, it will serve him not.
01:05:22Our great general's wrath has aroused, and not one of the wicked will escape it.
01:05:27I say that a man on free land is a free man.
01:05:30If that is not so, then we are not the masters of the land we buy from you.
01:05:33In that case, we must move on.
01:05:36Who told you I should mind if you left?
01:05:39Was it Ildith?
01:05:41Nobody told me.
01:05:43But that first day on the riverbank, you asked me if I would be willing to fight for the land.
01:05:48Since then, I have assumed that our presence here suits your purpose.
01:05:53But, perhaps I was wrong.
01:05:56One moment.
01:05:59I can afford to be generous.
01:06:02The three recaptured slaves are to be unchained and delivered back to the Hebrews.
01:06:07Yes, your majesty.
01:06:09And the right of sanctuary?
01:06:11As you insist that it be part and parcel of your land.
01:06:14That too.
01:06:16You refused to drink with me before.
01:06:18Drink now.
01:06:20To celebrate a covenant between two good enemies.
01:06:26We are enemies, are we not?
01:06:28Our peoples, no.
01:06:30Our philosophies, yes.
01:06:42Do you see any lack of spirit there?
01:06:45Detect any weakness now.
01:06:47Nothing but high spirits.
01:06:49Hot blood.
01:06:51I barred your good judgment.
01:06:54But if it is to be done, it should be done now.
01:06:59You have never asked my price.
01:07:02I assumed there would be one.
01:07:04For years, we know nothing.
01:07:07I assumed there would be one.
01:07:10For years, we nomadic people have paid dreadful tribute for the salt from your city.
01:07:15Now our turn has come.
01:07:19One half of Sodom's yearly output of salt.
01:07:28Agreed.
01:07:30The leopard tags at the leash.
01:07:32When I release it, do you take care of the prey within the walls?
01:07:37My sister.
01:07:46Yes, my sister.
01:07:51I've waited a long time for this kind of hunting.
01:08:02I've waited a long time for this kind of hunting.
01:08:18I'm so happy to see you, my father's wife.
01:08:25Thank you, sister.
01:08:33May I be first to bring you the good bread and salt of life.
01:08:54Marlow.
01:08:56Congratulations, Martin.
01:08:58Thank you, Ishmel. It'll be yours in a moment.
01:09:00Congratulations, Martin.
01:09:01Thank you, Ishmel. It'll be yours in a moment.
01:09:04Happy life.
01:09:06Long life to you.
01:09:10Oh, my lucky goon.
01:09:14Remember, I used it as a bait to catch you with.
01:09:19Don't you ever lose it.
01:09:30Wait.
01:09:32Don't you ever lose it.
01:09:34Wait.
01:10:00Hilda, take the women and children to Sodom.
01:10:03They're unshelterful.
01:10:06Arm yourselves.
01:10:08Keep calm.
01:10:11We were warned this might happen.
01:10:13But we gave our word to protect this land.
01:10:16Our land.
01:10:18We're prepared.
01:10:19So arm yourselves.
01:10:21Take up your positions.
01:10:33Slowly, slowly. As Lot has said, we are well prepared.
01:10:37Calmly, calmly.
01:10:39They must pass through the canyon before reaching us.
01:10:42They're over an hour away. Have faith.
01:10:44Calm yourselves.
01:10:46Our outpost told us.
01:10:48All goes as Lot planned.
01:10:50Have we not rehearsed this?
01:10:52Mom, slow.
01:10:54Meet the enemy with faith.
01:10:56I'm so sorry.
01:10:58On your wedding day.
01:11:01Quiet, Malik. Quiet.
01:11:03What will the other women think?
01:11:08He'll come back.
01:11:10Sure?
01:11:12You and your sister.
01:11:14Help Hilda feed the women.
01:11:16Yes, father.
01:11:21Hilda.
01:11:23Hilda.
01:11:25Hilda.
01:11:28Hilda.
01:11:30My two daughters will obey you as their own mother.
01:11:57Hilda.
01:11:59Hilda.
01:12:01Hilda.
01:12:03Hilda.
01:12:05Hilda.
01:12:07Hilda.
01:12:09Hilda.
01:12:11Hilda.
01:12:13Hilda.
01:12:15Hilda.
01:12:17Hilda.
01:12:19Hilda.
01:12:21Hilda.
01:12:24Hilda.
01:12:26Hilda.
01:12:28Hilda.
01:12:30Hilda.
01:12:32Hilda.
01:12:34Hilda.
01:12:36We must take immediate action.
01:12:38The Hellermites are less than five miles away.
01:12:41As agreed, you're under Lot's command.
01:12:43Attack.
01:12:46May I suggest that I select our most trustworthy officers and men,
01:12:50that they remain in the city,
01:12:52as Her Majesty's bodyguard.
01:12:55As you wish.
01:12:57Select them.
01:13:08Let them in, sir.
01:13:15Let them in.
01:13:45Let them in.
01:14:15Let them in.
01:14:20But the men I picked to stay lay right in the very forefront.
01:14:22As they are Her Majesty's most trusted warriors,
01:14:25they were gifted that honor.
01:14:28Then I beg to be given the honor of leading them.
01:14:30You will serve where it best pleases me.
01:14:32Here.
01:14:34At my side.
01:14:36My bodyguard.
01:14:45My bodyguard.