Short film
Jephthah's Daughter
1910 · 11 min
A solemn, tragic silent tableau that weighs heavy with inevitability, offering little relief but a stark, earnest emotional punch.
- Directed by
- Léonce Perret
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Léonce Perret, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Renée Carl
- Overview
- To secure victory against the Ammonites, the Israeli judge Jephthah vowed to sacrifice the first person who greeted him upon his return. After crushing the enemy, he was devastated when his only daughter emerged first. Resigned to her fate, she requested two months to weep in the mountains before heroically submitting to her father’s tragic oath.
- How it feels
- Bleak, earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Faith, family, death, fate
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Léonce Perret
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Léonce Perret, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Renée Carl
