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Salomé

6.3(39)19231h 14m5

Based on Oscar Wilde's play, the films tells the story of how Salomé agrees to dance for King Herod in return for the head of John the Baptist.

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Status
Released
Budget
$350K
Box office
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Language
No Language
  • princess
  • transvestism
  • based on play or musical
  • remake
  • religion
  • prophet
  • king
  • silent film
  • woman director

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRNew York City, New York31 Dec 1922
    • Theatrical15 Feb 1923
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical3 May 1924
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical7 Sept 1925
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical8 Mar 1924
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical23 Nov 1923
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical29 Jan 1926
  • TürkiyeTR

    • Theatrical29 Mar 1923

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Salomé was released on 15 February 1923.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/14/2025

    7/10

    Yikes, but I wonder what the good old Code would have made of this hugely sexually fluid and charged interpretation of Oscar Wilde's story of the bible's ultimate temptress. It's Alla Nazimova who takes the top billing as she sets her sights on the prophet "Jokaanan" (a shockingly wooden Nigel De Brulier) who sees her as little better than the spawn of Satan. Determined that she isn't going to be spurned, she shifts …

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