Esther (1986)

Ahasverus, king of Persia and Media, puts aside Vashti and makes Esther his queen, choosing her among maidens in a kingdom stretching from India to Ethiopia. Esther, using information from Mordecai, her uncle and patron, saves the king from assassination. Haman, the king's favorite, is miffed when Mordecai won't bow to him, so he orders death to all Jews in the kingdo... Read all

Amos Gitai

Director

Simone Benyamini

as Esther

Mohammad Bakri(1953-2025)

as Mordecai(as Mohammed Bakri)

Juliano Mer-Khamis(1958-2011)

as Haman (as Juliano Merr)

Zare Vartanian

as Ahasverus

David Cohen(1955-1997)

as Hagai

Shmuel Wolf(1934-2019)

as Narrator

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