Yahudi
A vengeful Jew adopts an abducted Roman child, who grows up and unknowingly falls in love with a Roman.
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"Set in the Roman era at the time of Jewish persecution in Rome, Bimal Roy's Yahudi (meaning Jewish) is a well written and original love story. The film tells the story of Hannah, a young Jewish woman, and Marcus, a Roman prince. Hannah's real name is actually Lydia, and she is the daughter of cruel Roman emperor Brutus. As a child Lydia was kidnapped by Emanuelle, the faithful servant of a jeweler named Ezra, after the latter's little son was sentenced to death by Brutus post an insignificant incident. When the little girl is brought to Ezra, he pities the little girl and refuse..."
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The movie is based on Agha Hashar Kashmiri's play Yahudi Ki Ladki (The Daughter of a Jew), published in 1913. The play was based on W.T. Moncrieff's 19th century play, The Jewess. It premiered at Haymarket in London in Nov. 1835. Moncrieff based his play on Eugene Scribe's libretto for J. F. Halevy's opera La Juive, which premiered at the Opéra, Paris, on 23 February 1835. Moncrieff's play and Scribe's libretto takes place in the year 1414 in the time of the Council of Constance. Kashmiri transported the plot to the time of the Romans.
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A vengeful Jew adopts an abducted Roman child, who grows up and unknowingly falls in love with a Roman.