I Am Semiramis
1963 · Movie · 101 min. · Italy
General Onnos returns from a successful military campaign to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. He presents King Minurte with a number of newly-captured slaves including Kir, defeated king of the Dardanians. Kir attracts the attention of Semiramis, a beautiful young woman who's a member of Minurte's court and who has imperial ambitions. She persuades Minurte to give her a province and then uses slave labor, including Kir, to build herself a city which becomes Babylon. All this time she schemes to overthrow Minurte using shifting alliances with both Kir and General Onnos.
Direction Primo Zeglio
Cast Yvonne Furneaux · John Ericson · Renzo Ricci · Germano Longo · Gianni Rizzo · John Bartha · Nino Di Napoli · Valérie Camille · Mario Laurentino · Piero Pastore · Antonio Corevi
Soundtrack Carlo Savina
Screenplay Fede Arnaud · Alberto Liberati · Primo Zeglio · Luigi De Santis · Sergio Spina
Cinematography Alvaro Mancori
Original title Io Semiramide (I Am Semiramis)
Also known as Slave Queen of Babylon
4.6
32 votes (FilmAffinity)
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