There are surprising depths to the story. However, politics remain a sticky maneuver and, in the end, of course, it is God who intervenes, smiting the wicked. Lot the politician is more to the forefront than Lot the good and faithful servant, ignoring the slavery for the sake of peace. Astaroth seduces both of LotвЂ™s daughters Shuah (Rosanna Podesta) and Maleb (Claudia Mori).Д®ventually, of course, the Hebrews succumb to many of the pleasures of Sodom, especially after discovering their own salt deposits which instantly make them wealthy, while Astaroth continues to stir up trouble. Naturally, Lot grants Ildith her freedom but her presence creates disharmony, Melchior (Rik Battaglia) leading the dissenters. In reality this is a cunning move designed to undermine Hebrew culture. In what appears a gesture to seal the deal, Bera presents Lot with her chief female slave Ildith (Pier Angeli). In fact, in agreeing to live in such close proximity to Sodom, Lot is already in the throes of seduction. Another superb illustration from the Pressbook. But having been homeless for so many years, Lot is in no position to argue and assumes that his people can live peacefully enough alongside the heathens, even accommodating Sodom to the point of returning fleeing slaves. And it relies for its salt mining and processing to thousands of slaves, literally worked to death, corpses piled high on wagons and dumped in the desert. The Sodom-Hebrew arrangement is ugly from the start. Meanwhile, her treacherous brother Astaroth (Stanley Baker) intends using the Elamites to dethrone his sister. Bera (Anouk Aimee), Queen of the titular twin cities, allows Hebrew leader Lot (Stewart Granger) to settle his wandering tribe along the River Jordan in order to provide a buffer between her kingdom and the marauding Elamite tribe.

Setting aside the Biblical angle and the need to inject as much sin as the censor at that time would permit, this works very well as a historical drama filled with political intrigue, pivoting on the morality/sin axis, and with a terrific battle scene.

Sodom and gomorrah movie 1962 review