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Drama

The Queen of Sheba

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The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

Release Date : 1952-11-06

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Oro Film

Production Country : Italy

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Leonora Ruffo

Character Name : Balkis, Queen of Sheba

Original Name : Leonora Ruffo

Gender : Female

Gino Cervi

Character Name : King Solomon of Jerusalem

Original Name : Gino Cervi

Gender : Male

Gino Leurini

Character Name : Prince Rehoboam of Jerusalem

Original Name : Gino Leurini

Gender : Male

Marina Berti

Character Name : Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam

Original Name : Marina Berti

Gender : Female

Franco Silva

Character Name : Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army

Original Name : Franco Silva

Gender : Male

Mario Ferrari

Character Name : Chaldis, High Priest of Sheba

Original Name : Mario Ferrari

Gender : Male

Isa Pola

Character Name : Tabuia, leader of the handmaidens

Original Name : Isa Pola

Gender : Female

Nyta Dover

Character Name : Kinor, a handmaiden

Original Name : Nyta Dover

Gender : Female

Umberto Silvestri

Character Name : Isachar, companion of Rehoboam

Original Name : Umberto Silvestri

Gender : Male

Dorian Gray

Character Name : Ati

Original Name : Dorian Gray

Gender : Female

Franca Tamantini

Character Name : The False Mother

Original Name : Franca Tamantini

Gender : Female

Fulvia Mammi

Character Name : The True Mother

Original Name : Fulvia Mammi

Gender : Male

Pietro Tordi

Character Name : Onabar

Original Name : Pietro Tordi

Gender : Male

Cesare Fantoni

Character Name : Sadock

Original Name : Cesare Fantoni

Gender : Male

Aldo Fiorelli

Character Name : Abner

Original Name : Aldo Fiorelli

Gender : Male

Augusto Mingione

Character Name : Eli

Original Name : Augusto Mingione

Gender : Male

Afro Poli

Character Name : Pastore

Original Name : Afro Poli

Gender : Male

Manoel Roero

Character Name : Martu

Original Name : Manoel Roero

Gender : Male

Gian Paolo Rosmino

Character Name : Ademak

Original Name : Gian Paolo Rosmino

Gender : Male

Placido Santoro

Character Name : First Priest

Original Name : Placido Santoro

Gender : Male

Mimmo Palmara

Character Name : Ally of Sheba

Original Name : Mimmo Palmara

Gender : Male

Leda Rivarolo

Character Name :

Original Name : Leda Rivarolo

Gender : Male

Fulvio Carosi

Character Name :

Original Name : Fulvio Carosi

Gender : Male

Gianni Luda

Character Name :

Original Name : Gianni Luda

Gender : Male

Achille Majeroni

Character Name :

Original Name : Achille Majeroni

Gender : Male

Edda Albertini

Character Name : (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

Original Name : Edda Albertini

Gender : Female

Maria Bernardini

Character Name : (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

Original Name : Maria Bernardini

Gender : Male

Ugo Sasso

Character Name : (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

Original Name : Ugo Sasso

Gender : Male

Rossana Galli

Character Name : (unconfirmed - not in screen cast)

Original Name : Rossana Galli

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-03-11

I think the fact that this is in black and white helps it enormously. So often the poor quality of the image distracts from these Italian-made adventure films and tends to render them all but unwatchable. This one benefits also from decent story to underpin the, admittedly, pretty mediocre acting. The young prince "Rehoboam" (Gino Leurini) finds himself posing as an agent of Gad (not God) at the court of the legendary Balkis, Queen of Sheba (Leonoro Ruffo) who has sworn never to feel the touch of man. Of course the two fall in love, much to the chagrin of her army commander "Kabaal" (Franco Silva) and from now on in, the film follows a fairly predictable route of deceit, revenge and plotting. I could have done with a little more action and Leurini looks faintly ridiculous with a moustache that looks more like an early example of botox gone wrong; but the whole thing is actually quite well paced with some decent attention to the look of the film. The ending is a bit flat - be warned, but it passes 90 minutes amiably enough.