Esther (1999 film)

Esther
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Genre	Biblical drama
Based on	Book of Esther
Screenplay by	Sandy Niemand
Directed by	Raffaele Mertes
Starring	Louise Lombard F. Murray Abraham Jürgen Prochnow Thomas Kretschmann Ornella Muti Natasha Williams
Theme music composer	Ennio Morricone
Country of origin	United States Italy Germany
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Roberta Cadringher Lorenzo Minoli
Cinematography	Giovanni Galasso
Editor	Alessandro Lucidi
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	Five Mile River Films Lux Vide Beta Film Quinta
Original release
Release	December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05)
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Esther, also known as The Bible: Esther, is a 1999 American-Italian-German television film based on the Book of Esther, directed by Raffaele Mertes and starring Louise Lombard as Queen Esther, F. Murray Abraham as Mordechai, Jürgen Prochnow as Haman, Thomas Kretschmann as King Achashverosh and Ornella Muti as Vashti.

It aired in the United States on November 5, 2000.^[1]