---
title: 'Judith of Bethulia (1914)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christy Cabanne'
released: '1914-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 61
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/judith-of-bethulia-1914'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004181/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Judith of Bethulia (1914)

1914 · 61 min · Drama, Adventure, History · United States


## Synopsis

Judith of Bethulia is a 1914 American silent epic film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and produced and directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the play "Judith and the Holofernes" (1896) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which itself was a script adaptation written by Grace Adele Pierce (1858-1923) of the Book of Judith. The film was the first feature-length film made by pioneering film company Biograph, although the second that Biograph released. It is considered the earliest American made epic film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christy Cabanne](https://cinepixo.com/people/christy-cabanne), [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Screenplay:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith), [Thomas Bailey Aldrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-bailey-aldrich), [Frank E. Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-e-woods)
- **Producer:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Billy Bitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bitzer)
- **Editor:** [James Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-smith-2)

## Cast

- [Christy Cabanne](https://cinepixo.com/people/christy-cabanne)
- [W. Chrystie Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-chrystie-miller)
- [Jennie Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennie-lee)
- [Gertrude Bambrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrude-bambrick)
- [Kate Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-bruce)
- [Edward Dillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-dillon)
- [William J. Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-j-butler)
- [Clara T. Bracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-t-bracy)
- [Charles Hill Mailes](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-hill-mailes)
- [Dorothy Gish](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-gish)
- [Blanche Sweet](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-sweet)
- [Lillian Gish](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-gish)
- [Robert Harron](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-harron)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Henry B. Walthall](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-b-walthall)

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