Lot in Sodom
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Plot
Sodom is a place of sin. An angel appears there, and he is welcomed by Lot. The people of Sodom want to have sex with him. Lot refuses; then the angel tells him to escape the city with his wife and daughter. Sodom is destroyed by flames; Lot's wife is turned to a pillar of salt for having looked back.
Cast
- Friedrich Haak as Lot
- Hildegarde Watson as Lot's wife
- Dorothea Haus as Lot's daughter
- Lewis Whitbeck as the angel
Production
Lot in Sodom is based on the biblical tale of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.[1] It was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber.[2][3] Louis Siegel was the sound composer.[3]
The movie uses experimental techniques, avant-garde imagery and strong allusions to sexuality, especially homosexuality.[1][4]
See also
- Sodom und Gomorrha (1922), an Austrian film directed by Michael Curtiz
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1963), film directed by Robert Aldrich which depicts the destruction of the two cities for their decadence and human cruelty
- Nitrate Kisses (1992), an experimental film by Barbara Hammer that uses footage from Lot in Sodom
- A World Lit Only by Fire (2014), an album by Godflesh featuring cover art taken from Lot in Sodom
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- American avant-garde and experimental short films
- American black-and-white films
- American LGBTQ-related short films
- American silent short films
- Films based on the Book of Genesis
- Films directed by James Sibley Watson
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Surviving American silent films