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One Night with the King

- Feel The Touch Of Destiny

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

Release Date : 2006-10-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gener8Xion EntertainmentFaith for TodayTrinity Broadcasting Network

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Hadassah / Esther

Original Name : Tiffany Dupont

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samuel, the Prophet

Original Name : Peter O'Toole

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Xerxes

Original Name : Luke Goss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Admantha

Original Name : John Noble

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Memucan

Original Name : Omar Sharif

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mordecai

Original Name : John Rhys-Davies

Gender : Male

Character Name : Haman, the Agagite

Original Name : James Callis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hegai, the Royal Eunuch

Original Name : Tommy Lister Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Tarshish

Original Name : Javen Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Queen Vashti

Original Name : Jyoti Dogra

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jesse

Original Name : Jonah Lotan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hannah

Original Name : Dilshad Patel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Nimrat Kaur

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harbona, the Eunuch

Original Name : Takesh Singh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Carshena

Original Name : Denzil Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Marsena

Original Name : Asif Basra

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Saul (prologue)

Original Name : Tom Alter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bigthan

Original Name : Indraneel Bhattacharya

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Alyy Khan

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-05

I only watched this because I thought the poster looked a bit like the cover of a Christian Jacq novel. Sadly, despite a pretty stellar cast on paper, this is a really lacklustre biblical tale that is epic only in it's failure to catch fire at any stage. Peter O'Toole makes the briefest possible appearance as the prophet Samuel discovering that a captured Jewish girl has escaped and that she is with child... Spool on several years and we discover that she had a child, and that King Xerxes of Persia is looking for a new bride. Might history be about to tie these two themes together? Well what do you think? It's a strong biblical story this - you might recall Joan Collins did a version in 1960 with Richard Egan - but this is all style over substance with way too much emphasis on the grand look of the film and nowhere near enough effort on the shocking casting of Luke Goss (Xerxes) and the underwhelming Tiffany Dupont as the girl destined to secure the future of her people. Perhaps Omar Sharif was taking a break from the poker table, but there can be little excuse for the hammy effort of an over-the-top John Rhys-Davies nor the one-gear only John Noble as this story develops, completely devoid of passion or pace. The screenplay seems determined to use an adaptation from a children's book of (verbose) bible stories and in the end it all just fails to deliver. It ends with a power balled "...One night with a king... changes everything..." Even Bros didn't stoop to rhymes quite that complicated. Enough said!