Esther and the King | Bible Story | Full Classic Movie | Joan Collins

[Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign foreign the time is 2500 years ago the place is Persia the man is a serious King of the medes and the Persians ruler of 127 provinces the most powerful man on Earth the Army is the Conqueror of all the lands from India to Ethiopia they are returning home now from fresh victories in Egypt Wheeling Camp over there by the water then only two more marches to shushan shall I send a messenger to Harold my King's arrival perhaps not it would give this loyalty time to put on its mass however I already know someone who wears the mass send your messenger thank you well Simon my loyal Judean you'll no longer need that Rusty sword of bronze I don't understand sir it certainly will more important it served me well for in your hands it saved my life still it isn't worthy of you [Music] okay that's sort of the Golden Rooster Persia's greatest military honor you're free to go home now Simon and when you're rested there'll be a place for you and my honor God at the palace at shushan I a royal guard to the king of the world my betrothed won't believe this could happen to me who a girl of my Village we should be married before I go to shushan [Applause] a gift for the bride and may the gods make her fertile may my God bless you sir [Music] [Applause] thank you foreign the king's chief minister he demands an example to all who cannot pay their taxes haman's will offends the will of God you heard the executioners ten of us will die if we remove him yes I heard them Nathan would you rather live in fear for the rest of your life I'll cut him down and take him home [Music] there will be no more hanging Jester now that the king is back he's adjusting he's given me honors and has called me to serve him at the palace Simon you say this king is just but he goes off to fight the Egyptians and leaves his army here to fight his people does the hunting line know what the Cubs are doing while he's away the lion is the evil one if we could only go to our real home in Judah the King of Persia rules Juliet too you call Julie your Homeland yet you've never even seen it we were born in Persia our home is where we live we worship our own God but as serious is our King you must admit he's generous this is his gift for you so he brought your devotion with gifts this beautiful thing while our people are starving and Men hang he gives you this from his bloodstained hands forgive me Simon I dreamed of the day that you would return but the dream wasn't like this I'm sorry [Music] the king approaches with his army the king's messenger the king approaches shoeshine the king the king queen vashtag but not until tomorrow I have followed his progress he is 10 leagues from shushan [Music] the Army is not even in sight yet time is still with us no Heyman your time has ended my time our time if that saves your prize you know you might be throwing away the next King of Persia I'm well aware of your Ambitions here then why be so final my dear a cirrus has no eyes in the back of his head and sacred alliance with me would be quite useful to you as well as to your own future mydivashti well no one can say that the king's chief minister did not serve him well during his absence both politically and domestically I trust you Prince Haman if I fall you will lose your head too ah but what of your other lovers my Queen's diversions have caused much but who will stand forth to testify their bloody heads would hang from the Royal Gates no when I unfold the king in my arms again then whom will he believe I agree vashti the goddess of nature was especially generous to you and the Royal Purple is most becoming so wear it while you may Queens come and go do your Ambitions stem from the dreams that Eastern potion brings to you my dear Heyman take care does not loosen your tongue sir [Music] thank you thank you [Music] great Lord of media and Persia Shaker of the earth Master of the world Sovereign of Assyria and Babylon in Egypt and all the lands across the sea your last statement is false I have not been able to conquer Greece I thought it'd only a matter of time my Lord enough enough save that eulogy for my tomb I shall do so sire so you plan to outlive me my master knows I would give my life for him I wonder and you my general Clyde Rockies what is the condition of your army which remained in Persia Splendid Master splendid where is uh Lord Mordecai he is the one counselor whose cooperation I have not had it appears he pays reverence to no one but his invisible Hebrew God [Music] [Applause] [Music] welcome back to shushan I see my king as well not even a slight wound no Mordecai not even a scratch thanks to your friend Simon who saved me from being written down and speared like a wild animal I am rewarding him with honors my strong Simon I do am rewarding him by giving him my niece in marriage you are a man of warmth Mordecai that is why we're surprised to note your absence of my welcoming I thought it better to pray for my King's safe homecoming than to hail him this unseen God of yours is strange to me but he does seem to get things done his works are sure and I have faith that you will be his instrument for stopping the cruelties of Prince Haman I shall examine the administration of Haman I have no fondness for the man but he is a politic necessity efficient though overzealous but let us speak of something more cheerful Queen vashti I trust she has not Pine for me too much her beauty is undiminished and her behavior still Kaylee spirited Mordecai I have called you the eye of the king my Keeper of the accounts my all-knowing minister so what have you to tell me nothing sir my vision does not penetrate into the Harem or the Queen's apartment foreign [Music] foreign [Music] husband how long I've waited adulterous what have you gone mad no I have my senses or I'd kill you you shame this palace with your corruption someone has filled your hair the soldiers of my Replacements told me men who fought and died they had no reason to lie who shares your guilt vashti name them name them I command you there are no names there is no guilt well whoever it was it's best I do not know my pride would fall with their public punishment therefore I condemn you in private no you will be forever dead to me oh no I pray you believe me I would rather die a real death than lose you for your lovers lovers thank you Samuel [Music] maybe we'd better hasten the wedding I waited for him since I was a little girl I can certainly wait a few more days that will give her time to be sure that she loves me yes it's for a lifetime and she's only had 10 years to decide it's my great worry that she's never considered any other man but how can no untested ever be sure oh yes yes that's true I haven't ever looked at anybody else maybe I should have done [Laughter] oh Mordecai uh great Soldier the image of a David the image of a good husband for your Esther I hope we didn't expect you so soon I know and I'm afraid the business of the king will keep me from your wedding no I will explain all later so I made the journey today to bring you this gift for your house and Simons may I open it now thank you Uncle our thoughts will always be with you Mordecai while this mezuzah protects our home yes and I hope that you'll protect him Uncle while he serves at that Palace of wickedness nothing can convince her that our king is not a man of evil he's a good man at heart or at least he was was has anything happened to him here's something that has changed him a disillusionment a despair that is why I cannot attend your wedding it is imperative that I remain at the palace there are those who would take advantage of the king's despair to further their own ends if they succeed it may mean the end of every Judy and settlement in Persia the king is an unhappy man in all his majesty I think he would actually envy you [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] no no she is the woman of the keeper of the wild animals [Music] [Music] oh Lord idiot decided to form me with this sorry spectacle your Chief eunuch ajai [Music] [Laughter] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] hurry hurry up [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] oh Noble Judean seems to have no liking for my King's enjoyment by your leaves are we have much work to do I have here the figures you required on our military strength you seem inspired after your long journey into the country indeed I believe that even a king could benefit from such a journey here in shushen one is have to forget that there are people without these frenzied aspirations people that have their days of Peace Serenity and in spite of Oppression and cruelty who are these people you speak of oh some of your Hebrew aliens of Israel's religion yes but not alien we are loyal subjects of the king and now it is permission I shall withdraw to attend his affairs tell me Mordecai are we well prepared for an expedition against the Greeks the home Army of generous has a total of four hundred thousand men on foot and sixty thousand mounted Fighters good [Music] now I will stem the Ambitions of that young Macedonian upstate what's his name Alexander that's it I'll cut him off in his youth and annihilate his armies I dream of the day sire when there will be an end to war I have been your counselor and counselor to your father Darius and I have seen death and destruction I thought how Splendid it would be if all this waste of wealth and manner could be turned to building instead of destroy the building of that the irrigation of the desert the creation of worth and beauty the Jew speaks of peace why do Jews always mouth of Peace perhaps because War has forever driven us dispersed us made of us a people lost seeking always for some Haven of Peace even at War Persia has done well enough for you she has been more than kind to a people who spurn her gods who Gather in the private worshiping of a god who shows no signs of existence stronger and wiser men than you who have felt the power of my God the pharaoh of Egypt Babylon beware amen do not tempt him let him defend you if I decide to cut your heart out he will him he will don't you ever draw a blade in my Council chamber or I will kill you myself Mordecai inscribe this and place it in the votes as our secret strategy against Greece and mind you I shall hold you entirely responsible as its custodian [Music] we shall strike against the Greek Coastal Fortress at ethos it is the key from ethos we can cleave their lines from either side we shall pour men in Provisions into the fort [Music] where the might of our forces will be based [Music] that is the plan remember it must be kept a secret at all costs [Music] thank you [Music] the laws of Persia clearly State the punishment for a queen who shames the throne there are two alternatives death or banishment banish her this very night my Lord I shall return her to a tribe of Arius and also as your first Minister I shall fulfill my duty by providing you with a new Queen that is not your lawful privilege Haman you question my knowledge of the law of the economids no but I question your purpose for distorting it but it is written by the law givers of the great Cyrus any king of media and Persia without a male Heir shall not be without a queen you occurred correctly but not enough it is also written the King's Men shall search the provinces that they may gather together all the fairest young virgins unto shush on the palace and that Maiden which most pleases the king shall become queen of him who rules does that make it plain that she is not to be of your special choosing quite so dear Mordecai I thank you for saving me from error a dead hand of the dynasty trying to thrust on me some unknown female I can only execute the provisions of the law essay so by your leave this happiness you say you found on your journey into the countryside that would be my true desire Mighty power is a burden I know but one way to lighten it what is your way by listing the burdens of others one removes his own the joy you would travel a few to seek could thus be found in yourself and in time perhaps uh you will find it [Music] Disco go go quickly to the house tell her to come to me at once you mind if I drink some of your Syrian wine there is another matter even more important it has to do with Queen vashti thank you [Music] oh poor King in his sort of State of Mind you'll not be in any hurry to inspect his Treasury persepolis sometimes I feel you overdue your plundering there I could say the same about the abundance of army secrets you sell to the Greeks but then I think how my store of gold grows in Corinth and I attempt to be cheerful there is no Prospect but danger so long as we let the king continue to live there are more discreet places than shushan for what you have in mind in time you will find such a place and I shall rule Persia as the Ally of Alexander but until then we're playing this game on the edge of a precipice not at all not at all in the event any guile comes the king's attention I have found the perfect Escape though too Mordecai and his whole colony of judeans in Persia [Music] all right [Music] [Music] here is the war secret which the king entrusted the Mordecai's safe keeping his plan for a surprise attack on the Greeks I copied it from memory in Greek that in Hebrew an appropriately traitorous message by brilliant Hammond you'll keep these tablets in your possession until suspicion threatens us then I'll tell you how to turn them to our use cherish my Master's Summit come here my dear behold the future Queen of Persia you make sport of me Bride of the king must be a maiden I never heard of one who had been a concubine but you will clydrath is you will this will be history for if the perfume have a rose is pleasing nobody's going to ask or crush the petals your only love is danger Haman and you caught it with a passion of a Madman [Music] my timid General here is a royal command for you carry out the law of the Gathering of the virgins you need not be too demanding of beauty or perfection because the one who will weather died in is already as good as crowned [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] fetch my golden sword from the house they want the fire symbol of the king [Music] where'd you go [Music] whoever thinking yours don't don't let them take you run [Music] agent tried to murder me find him bring him to me alive foreign [Music] man woman and child and let it be done to all the Hebrew settlements [Music] laughs [Music] there are some here that seem a bit too worldly for maidens there are a few Prime maidens here who might attract the fancy of harmonic he isn't quite himself these days and it is my duty to decide what is best for him naturally Prince Ayman so you will remove the one who plays with the water [Music] that one with the fair skin of circassian and the one who sits in the corner your guards may have them and after that you can send them to the soldiers at the Garrison it is dangerous Prince Heyman eunuch is a sharp Guardian yes but you must have some Gods whose lives you would not mind risking yes I have three new recruits not worth their salt strangers to the Palace all the better assign them dangle the reward of women and disclaim them as lustful beasts if they're God only the 10 most beautiful will be sent to the king for the final choosing so tomorrow I will judge you dear God of Israel [Music] positive to me let him know what's happened to me please let him know soon please [Music] as I told you the taking of it was only the beginning of many Horrors for our people from that one spark a holocaust I must find some way to stop it but first Esther Simon believed that your influence with the King will free her no he has become indifferent to everything but his own bitterness Haman the chief minister at Prince of festering corruption is now to all intensive purposes our ruler then I must carry the word to Simon that there is no hope there's always hope give me a time to seek God's cancer where is Simon hiding in the ancient ruins of the City of the Dead go to him tell him I shall come to him thank you that's always [Music] hit him down Syria [Music] you're the mightiest of us all twirl him on your shoulders and flatten him that'll teach him not to withhold his strength when he vies with the King the old days they were the best those wild hard days the scorching deserts the Raging storms at Sea we conquered the enemies of Persia my Brave Immortals [Applause] a king with the Earth for his footstool and yet his only happiness is here with us [Music] come on foreign [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] hey go away [Music] if the king were only such a man he's not only brave but pleasing to the eye surely die if you try to escape there'll be soldiers behind it Uncle Mordecai where's diamond where is he take me to him please please take me to him I can't Esther he fought the king's General now they hunt him like an animal that's a village they looted and scourged they did likewise to every audience settlement in our path they hung Emmanuel the blacksmith they drove the women and children Into the Wilderness uh people are now scattered to the winds oh it was only thinking of myself but I'm not I'm not you are something indeed that Jehovah may have selected as a means for saving our people it is a wondrous thing how gentleness can break the swords of evil so let it be your gentleness Esther your beauty of faith and soul let it sway a series to Stamp Out the wickedness that Springs from this Palace you're asking me to strive for his favor just forgetting Simon forgetting your own small dreams forgetting all this but the Deliverance of our people I want the life they took away from me I want Simon Simon is a soldier he turns aside from love when there is war this is your War isn't it a softer War fought with gentler weapons but nonetheless hazardous for there are dangers in the venture you too would be a soldier perhaps Simon would see that for the Soldier's Pride he would despise me then his love would not be worthy maybe places about the fate of so many others but I love him uncle oh how can you ask me to live in Forever thank you I'm chosen by the king it'll be assessed I can't use any Persuasions no no use yourself but I must warn you do not make known your people or your kindred never forget that we are in the camp of many enemies oh God guide me [Music] guide me kneel bow slowly [Music] raise your head and awake the king's decision [Music] now we will proceed Neil bow slowly slowly now uh raise your heads slowly arise [Music] a plain white gown such Simplicity was it your choice yes indeed one might think you have no desire to win a queen's crown a most becoming modesty it pleases me an unassuming virtue that needs rewarding fetch me the cloak of gold you may rest my little doves [Music] [Applause] [Music] I am grateful that I don't wish to be so favored I will accept it oh yes yes give it to her speak only when you are spoken to take care eunuch I have Mighty friends in the brothels of the street of the soldiers no doubt here my child I ask you to wear it please you Viper I saw you I heard you your poison tongue and dangerous man I fear the attractions of the one with the golden Cape more than all the others she'll not be in the way if you will do is I bid you yes the maidens must pass through the harem's anti-chamber tonight to be presented at the throne there is a small door of the slaves in there draw the boat how it's like a prison here it is the hour of rest even Hage I will go to his quarters go go now disco you see the maid with the golden cape [Music] remember well the one with the cape Cape gold [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] this value will be a blow to my Prestige but let us have it done with you go forth [Applause] vanity avarice that cloak won't hide your wickedness [Music] yourself [Music] [Music] do not agree that you've lost the Splendor of the golden robe nothing can Prevail against the Kings mistrust a female ambition what a squandering of beauty the fairest from all the provinces and now they will be sent home to milk goats home where else you are children of the Kingdom not captive concubines so it becomes merely a matter of paying obeisance go my sweet and farewell thank you [Music] you may go wait [Music] that face of light I remember [Music] for the Gods you can't be the king I sometimes wish I weren't what do you call Esther and you had been crying I remember tell me about it your soldiers have just taken me from the man I was about to marry well there is the law and I too I'm a servant even though I dislike at the Times you were hoping that I would let you go were you not no no not if this is your destiny well it seems we are both bound I by The Commandments of my grandfather and you buy some faith I was determined to flaunt the sacred law by declaring every aspirant unfit but now I honestly cannot Esther and be a good King I can't deny that in my eyes you have fulfilled the decree of Silence [Music] I choose you as to but I do not command you I ask you to remain here for a while let time be the king let it command your heart to go or to stay attend a hey Jiang as if she already wore the crown my queen to be oh may I ask what fortunate made and my Lord is chosen a girl named Esther [Music] [Music] monster stupidity [Music] [Applause] Esther I have just left the king and he smiles again Austin and readily indeed each passing day seemed another proof that you were God sent to that Troubled Man but I worry about your safety as though the king is not a patient man he's attracted not only by your beauty but by your integrity and sense of justice the qualities that still bind you to Simon yet I fear that same conscience of yours may in time destroy his patience and Pips turn them against you I'm in no danger Uncle Mordecai so far he show nothing but kindness to me you do not know him as I do his violence can be great you see him as a man among men you do not see him as I do through a woman's eyes generally such a quick defense could only spring from affection can't deny that I that I I don't understand I've tried to believe that it's simply power of admiration do you think that it was only admiration that I felt for Simon all these years just the hero worship of the child at once said my love for him had never been tested by any other man please go to him Uncle Mordecai take him whatever he needs I go now Dearest [Music] Simon Simon [Music] it's Mordecai [Music] what a guy Simon my poor boy Provisions I will see that you're kept supplied until the men of pleasant Arthur's abandoned The Hunt The Hunt will never end why do you say that because I shot rest until I take Esther out of bondage she is not enslaved the king himself is a protector then he prepares her to be his concubine is Queen hear me Simon I've spoken with Esther and I've seen what I believe to be the dawning of a sincere affection in her for the king an affection which I don't deny I urged because I could foresee in it the answer that may lead to the Salvation of our people not alone now but for the ages to come so you would sacrifice her like a lamb upon the altar but posterity one of the king learns of this what then would be her punishment no no you cannot do this I won't let you do it foreign [Music] no oh please take them away please leave me alone [Music] wait I'm I'm sorry you need not be I'm only slave I'm a slave too I don't mean to be unkind but just that I'm I'm troubled by this life and by memories of another life yes I understand that [Music] how dare you come into my room good greeting for the chief minister I am here officially my dear to bring the king's word that he will visit you at the tenth hour but uh there is still time for us to know one another you must be mad this can destroy you and the serious also if you force me to tell him that you often invite me to share few lonely evening hours you're such a liar he'd never believe you you are no match for me in this game Esther mine is a life of Hazard so please do not aggravate me our King is happy with his faith in you let us keep himself well then get out get out of here I'll call the guards because I would tell a series that it was his loyal Haman who summoned the witnesses no we must be reasonable my dear we must face the fact that we require each other you and I you would you would punch us all into destruction the king if I can help it but you Haman I'll find a way to destroy you and I you [Music] foreign [Music] are milk and honey now that he has a new favorite follow the upper corridors lead to direct to his audience room the King has urgent dispatches for me to deliver to the province of Galen have a chariot at my disposal in case I'm charged with Hastings foreign [Music] A Brave Lion the symbol of Persia oh I hope he's a tame one your gentleness will conquer him oh foreign [Music] my hand was passion for the sword and not the strings of a lion and these feet were not made to prance to music they're uncommonly large don't you think I used to think that they'd be closing like the Hooves of Satan there are those who still think I'm akin to the devil I travel hard on some who dare to defy the empire yes you have and on many innocent people too because of the authority that you give to Haman oh I've tightened the reins on him thanks to your constant mentioning of his wrongdoing but I sometimes wonder Esther what are you my mentor the keeper of my good behavior or a woman who might someday return the one I have for her but there is much warmth in my feeling for you as a man then at least have gained the outer ramparts where you guide the inner Citadel with more tenacity than the Greeks the other Village girl for a king is not easily cast aside don't think of me as a king in a palace but as a man who loves you who loves you [Music] Esther what are you thinking [Music] when I was first taken from my Village hated you with all my heart but now that I've seen you as you really are find the hatred leaving me different feelings taking its place feelings that well that Could Be Love my couriers are here from Nubian tangis with gifts I'll be back girls from the Far East Treasures from Nubia [Music] Esther my hairstyle I've come to take you away no Simon Good Fortune is with us the doors open like magic and there's a chariot it can take us to Judah if you like Simon you must go you're in great danger here you're in danger too and you invited standing alone against our enemies the king is no longer our enemy enemy you'll love him Esther oh Simon please save yourself see shot have you I'll kill him [Music] thank you you're unharmed thank you stop it [Music] he's a daring Rogue I'll see the captain of the guards thank you foreign by using the sword of the Golden Rooster I think he stole it from one of my Governors and now he's made good his Escape I will double the guard for your protectionistan but I'd rather take care of you myself [Music] oh Queen Esther and the title of Queen is much less important to me than wife of a series then obey a theorism wear a crowd and whatever else you desire will be yours even to have the kingdom but I only want the kingdom of your heart [Music] Mercy already possessed you rule my heart and my life thank you arrives hey giant have the concubine scent to The Winter Palace [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] famous the whole the golden sword of king of sirens and bear these Tidings to it someday it'll spill his blood thank you foreign thank you I have gathered you here to pay homage to Esther my queen he has given me a new vision of my Persia which I never before looked upon with eyes of Justice now I see it therefore taxes will be determined according to conditions of scarcity or abundance and no longer by fixed levees General Clyde rothies will no longer judge without trial The Villages of the provinces Mordecai the financing of the Kingdom will not suffer from these new laws of Taxation for I intend to Journey to the treasury of persepolis and draw from its great Surplus that is all my noblemen and counselors I have spoken and it is the law I do not forbid discussion however sire I have just recalled a long neglected law of King Cyrus which would save you the necessity of a trip to persipolis I quote precisely and so be it that any subject of media and Persia who does not bow down to our God mithras shall be put to death and his Goods taken by the king now my Lord there is within the confines of Persia a people called judeans who defiantly worship an alien god is clear they must be annihilated and by your commands Ayah I can destroy these people and enrich You by ten thousand talents of silver no no this law is of a cruel age long before our king of Justice set upon the throne deny its uh cast it out I beg you listen not to him my Lord I pray you for he is one of the judeans let's do it is the law the law it is written for any woman even unto the queen who interrupts Royal Council there is but one degree here and that is death complete the text except for her to whom the king holds out the golden scepter I dare to speak of the Earth because once you gave me a kingdom call the kingdom of the heart it's only Power is love and today that love cries out to you against these old injustices and against that man who perpetrates them I see you now the greatest of all Kings but I've also seen you simply as a brave man defending the wheat and I know that you now have the wisdom to be able to Castile depression and intolerance wherever you find it the judeans May worship as they desire there will be a new code the code of Osiris and perhaps it will not be necessary for you to know it too well Prince Haman but there's a Governor's Post in the Syrian desert that requires no such astute knowledge [Music] [Applause] so he considers retiring me to a sandhill in Syria by all the gods I'll make him sorry for taking counsel from this new Queen I remind you again that his assassination has been too long to leave and I still remind you that it cannot be done in shushan but if he goes to persepolis as he so announced that may be delayed too bye by a very important event the slaughter of the judeans and the hanging of Mordecai the forged tablet you gave me when Haman the moment will be determined by the will a gods we shall cast the Lots I never joined battle without the casting of purr [Music] the red sign of Blood Falls in the month of ADA and that is now now indeed it shall be tonight and this is how it shall be done [Music] foreign [Music] you will bear witness before the king that you saw me remove these tablets with nothing added and nothing eliminated thank you [Music] my good King we have all the evidence of a traitor I charge the Jew with storing your secrets of War amid the tablets of his Temple while preparing to sell them to the Greeks I remember well the day you entrusted him with it mark yourself your private plan for seizing the Grecian port at ethos copied in Greek and here a message to a Judean in green lies all lies my king I am your loyal your faithful servant he has fabricated all of this how could I I cannot write in Hebrew or Greek but it is well known that Mordecai has written all Royal messages to Judah as well as your negotiations with the Greeks these scribes have verified the treason on that tablet and these soldiers will testify that the evidence is the same which they saw hidden in the temple of the Hebrews who would defiled the Ark of the temple swears falsely but I declared against violating the worship of the judeans yes sir we confess to that but I would not wish to live and see this glorious Empire devoured by Alexander the Greek defend yourself Mordecai I have no guilt to defends her I swear my innocence on the holy word of God and on what God's word do you swear my God and he will sustain me our Gods will destroy you our sire for We Are Persian and before I brought this evidence to you I cast prayer for guidance knowing that my king is as faithful as I to our own temples I am and perhaps I've been too trustful of Mordecai and estranged Believers in our midst much too trustful sire Haven in your choice of a new Queen yes yes I realize I provoke my King's wrath I must in the name of loyalty for he is unaware that his Queen and Mordecai have been meeting in secret remember serious death to defend his judeans no no Esther Esther not Queen Esther the intimacy of conspirators what do you know Esther of Mordecai's treason the only treason here is Eris is haman's he's the one that should be on trial but under laws far above this Palace words words words how Mordecai taken to prison if no defense is presented hang him and his people put to the sword unless they renounce their leaders and their faith listen to me this judgment will be upon your soul you speak of deceits you deceive me with your gift to the kingdom of Mercy you've given it to Haman and he's filled it with wickedness do you realize Esther that you could be put to death for speaking out in this chamber yes and I don't ask you to hold out your scepter to me because I shall die anyway I am a Jew Esther Esther renounce your faith and live I speak for myself and for my uncle Mordecai and for all my people we'll still be keeping our faith when shushan is a mound of desert sand and your gods are forgotten but I can't hate you for this decision aziris because I know that again you are influenced by Haman why is he so anxious for you not to go to persepolis that he brings you this false evidence the very night before you're leaving is he afraid of what you might see at the treasury please aziris for the sake of my love for you don't condemn us until you've made the journey I do not believe your love however there is something in what you say [Music] I stay the execution of Mordecai and the Jews until I return from persepolis [Music] he must never reach persepolis you have been very patient clydrathis I restrain you no longer and I offer a thousand talents of gold for his head [Music] oh my God the King was passed here on the Caravan track and remember Prince Haman offers a thousand gold talents to the man who brings me the king's head [Music] thank you [Music] you scavenger of shoeshine I thank the Providence and put your filthy life into my hands you plundered your last helpless Village oh [Music] [Music] Retreat then we'll charge [Music] thank you does it surprise the greatest heroes to find the as enemies help me among them you King of Thieves Simon captain of the golden sword you've joined my enemies no I declare my own war against you I refuse to fight the man who saved my life in battle why you're crazy perhaps would you not see if you were right the king had used his power to steal the girl you were about to marry now hold you fool as it was your betroth now she'll be your Widow you'll risk your life when she can still be yours she never loved me only the cause she served that is not true on a certain night I stole into her rooms and stood withdrawn sword beside a door where you would enter she chose your life against mine and gave the alarm you were the ones you put to flight her love was yours and this oh Grand Rapids the one who tried to assassinate you I settled an old account with him oh oh help help faster forgive me help me stop the pain that I will do that or more pain unless you speak the whole truth I speak I speak truly Haman was the Jesus of all our crimes against you her intended murder the thieving and persepolis selling of your strategies to the Greeks he forged the false evidence against Mordecai and offered a price for your own Royal head I'll give you peace quite wrathies and I condemned Esther into haman's hands and Mordecai and all their people condemned they're doomed unless here take this my seal of Empire while I gather my forces here you ride into shushan find a way into the City and bring this seal to my master of arms tell him I said to arm all the judeans [Music] foreign [Music] it is the heave of the Sabbath of the judeans they gather in their Temple Osmond see that they never leave it Gurkha you will use your Horsemen to put down any resistance in the city my good Schumer I give you the pleasure of escorting their leader Mordecai to The Gallows off with you [Music] Jessica the queen ass bastard thank you thank you [Music] I prophesy that our Prince Haman will be the most popular ruler in the history of Persia [Music] your favorite animals don't worry my stupid one the gates are guarded no one can leave the city or enter it [Music] foreign I served with you on the Egyptian campaign I'm a blacksmith now the buyer I'm here on the king's orders to all my people are there any more of the old company in shushan enough for core of Defense my captain gather them together and wait in the marketplace and there are others here in shushan not soldiers but they can swing a club or an ax and we'll arm them two tobiah seek them out and send them to the temple good [Music] all right God I call today and as David called David's words I've earn my love for thee the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want you're making me to lie down in Green Pastures he lead with me beside the Still Waters he restoreth my soul he leaded me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thyroid and i stuff they comfort me prepares to table before me in the presence of my enemy enemy [Music] I'll wait for my weight in gold they'll reject their faith by remaining away from their Temple I wouldn't wager a copper might against our new King's wisdom Simon is waiting for us our day at last so they congregate like animals in the slaughter pen simplifies my work [Music] you and you close the doors [Music] [Music] who goes there I bring a token to Prince Haven from General open the gate [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] all right [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 12 minutes [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign open up [Music] seize him hang him [Music] hang him high [Music] [Applause] he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep [Music] foreign [Music] let it be cold pouring and like it be remembered with holidays of gladness I those we knew sometimes at the village so it shall be my Lion of Israel [Music] foreign first Purim and just as Simon would have wanted it we were alive must go on living Simon wouldn't have you sorrow nobody if you bring sorrow to the king I know that although assyrus gave you a choice a Romania it was a secret wish that you would return to him when you didn't you went away to the wars because he cared not whether he lived or died have you heard anything from the battle yes word of a Persian defeat by the Greeks and to him defeat us a word worse than death it's never for his victories that I loved him thank you foreign thank you

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Length: 103min 20sec (6200 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 05 2023