giuditta e oloferne (1959)

besieged the city of bethulia, holofernes, general of nebuchadnezzar, performs all kinds of misdeeds there. giuditta, a jewish widow, introduces herself with the servant to the tyrant's camp and, taking advantage of his drunken state, kills him by cutting off his head. encouraged and encouraged by that gesture, the jews rebel against the besiegers and force them to surrender.