Do you realize, Esther, that you could be put to death for speaking out in this chamber?...
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King Ahasuerus:
Do you realize, Esther, that you could be put to death for speaking out in this chamber?
Esther:
Yes! And I don't ask you to hold out your scepter to me because I shall die anyway!
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Esther:
I am a Jew.
King Ahasuerus:
Esther. Esther, renounce your faith... and live.
Esther:
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, Ahasuerus, because I know that again you were influenced by Haman.
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Do you realize Esther that you could be put to death
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For speaking out in this chamber
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Yes
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And I don't ask you to hold our your scepter to me
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Because I shall die anyway
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I am a Jew
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Esther Esther renounce your faith and live
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I speak for myself and for my uncle Mordecai
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And for all my people
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 173
Timestamp in movie: 01h 26m 25s
Uploaded: 01 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Es
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00:36 I trample hard on some who dare to defy the empire
00:05 I am going to the feast
00:37 My beloved husband
00:36 Uncle Mordecai
00:27 A plain white gown
00:25 A bride of the King must be a maiden
00:19 The army is not even in sight yet
00:07 That cloak won't hide your wickedness
00:17 But I do not command you
00:36 The hunt will never end
00:09 The symbol of Persia
00:31 I dream of the day
00:12 Now I will stem the ambitions of that young Macedonian...
00:18 Do not grieve that you've lost the splendor
00:37 Your destiny
00:36 Because I could foresee in it the answer that
00:36 How dare you come into my room
00:32 If I'm chosen by the King
00:36 But I can't hate you for this decision