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A loose adaptation of one of I.L. Caragiale’s short stories. The life of a Jew in the context of Romanian interwar society. The focus was on the financial rise of Leiba Zibal, on his love for Maria and on the love intrigue that makes the argot Gheorghe a competitor of Leiba Zibal.
Director
Director
Status
Released
Original Language
EN

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.