Head of a Tyrant

Head of a Tyrant
US film poster
Directed by	Fernando Cerchio
Written by	Friedrich Hebbel (play) Guido Malatesta Damiano Damiani Gian Paolo Callegari Fernando Cerchio
Produced by	Piero Ghione
Starring	Massimo Girotti Isabelle Corey Renato Baldini Yvette Masson
Cinematography	Pier Ludovico Pavoni
Edited by	Gianmaria Messeri
Music by	Carlo Savina
Production companies	Faro Film C.F.P.C
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	26 February 1959
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	Italy

Head of a Tyrant or Judith and Holofernes (Italian:Giuditta e Oloferne) is a 1959 historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini.

An Italian-French co-production, it is part of the boom in Sword-and-sandal productions during the late 1950s. The film is based on the story of Judith Beheading Holofernes. A 1929 film Judith and Holofernes was also inspired by the tale.

Cast

• Massimo Girotti as Holophernes
• Isabelle Corey as Judith
• Renato Baldini as Arbar
• Yvette Masson as Rispa
• Gianni Rizzo as Ozia
• Camillo Pilotto as Belial
• Lucia Banti as Servant Girl
• Ricardo Valle as Isaac
• Leonardo Botta as Gabriele
• Franco Balducci as Galaad
• Luigi Tosi as Irasa
• Gabriele Antonini as Brother
• Daniela Rocca as Naomi
• Enzo Doria as Daniel

See also

• Judith of Bethulia (1914)

Bibliography

• Parish, James Robert. Film Directors Guide:Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1976.

External links

• Head of a Tyrant at IMDb
• Head of a Tyrant at Variety Distribution