JUDITH OF BETHULIA (1914)

The film is based on the Greek Old Testament Book of Judith. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrians, a widow named Judith has a plan to stop the war as her people suffer starvation and are ready to surrender.
The widow disguises herself as a harem girl and goes to the enemy camp, where she beguiles a general of King Nebuchadnezzar, whose army is besieging the city. Judith seduces Holofernes, then while he is drunk cuts off his head with a sabre. She returns to her city, a heroine.