The Queen of Sheba (1952)
Overview
The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.
Cast
Leonora Ruffo
Balkis, Queen of Sheba
Gino Cervi
King Solomon of Jerusalem
Gino Leurini
Prince Rehoboam of Jerusalem
Marina Berti
Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam
Franco Silva
Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army
Mario Ferrari
Chaldis, High Priest of Sheba
Isa Pola
Tabuia, leader of the handmaidens
Nyta Dover
Kinor, a handmaiden
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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.
