David et Bethsabée

Titre original : David and Bathsheba

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Après que le roi David a vu la belle Bethsabée se baigner depuis le toit du palais, il entretient une relation adultère qui a des conséquences tragiques pour sa famille et Israël.Après que le roi David a vu la belle Bethsabée se baigner depuis le toit du palais, il entretient une relation adultère qui a des conséquences tragiques pour sa famille et Israël.Après que le roi David a vu la belle Bethsabée se baigner depuis le toit du palais, il entretient une relation adultère qui a des conséquences tragiques pour sa famille et Israël.

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Nommé pour 5 Oscars
- 1 victoire et 8 nominations au total

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Mildred Brown

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Kay Buckley

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John Burton

Priest
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Francis X. Bushman

King Saul
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Ann Cameron

Wife
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Harry Carter

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James Craven

Court Announcer
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Cyril Delevanti

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Réalisation
- Henry King
Scénario
- Philip Dunne
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Anecdotes
Gregory Peck was a heavy drinker as a young actor in Hollywood. In 1949 he was hospitalized with heart spasms, and while filming David et Bethsabée (1951) he was hospitalized with a suspected heart attack. Though it turned out to be a palpitation brought on by his lifestyle and overwork, he began to drink less thereafter. However, he did not stop smoking for many more years.

Gaffes
Gregory Peck wears the "Star of David" throughout the movie, which doesn't appear until the 3rd century CE and was not commonly used until the middle ages.

Citations
King David: That soldier who laid his hands on the Ark - he was only trying to be helpful.
Nathan: It is not for us to question the ways of the Lord.
King David: I question nothing, yet the sun was hot that day, the man had been drinking wine, all were excited when the ark began to fall. Is it not possible that the man might have died naturally from other causes?
Nathan: All causes are from God!

Crédits fous
The 20th Century Fox logo plays without the usual fanfare.

Connexions
Featured in American Masters: A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)

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7/10

The 23rd Psalm

David and Bathsheba is a lavish Hollywood Biblical picture produced out of 20th Century Fox by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck {King David}, Susan Hayward (Bathsheba), Raymond Massey (Nathan), Kieron Moore (Uriah) and Jayne Meadows (Michal).

The film is based around the second Old Testament book of Samuel from the Holy Bible. It follows King David, who as a child had slain the giant Goliath, and now we find him in adulthood as the second King of Israel. A tough and assured King, David however has affairs of the heart causing great problems. For once he spies Bathsheba taking a shower {re;bath}, it 's the start of a journey encompassing adultery and betrayal; a journey that will end in the judgement of God being called upon.

Typically for the genre, David & Bathsheba is a large, grandiose production. From its excellent set designs to it's positively gorgeous Technicolor photography {Leon Shamroy}, it has enough quality to warrant sitting along side the best the genre has to offer as regards production values. Untypically, tho, the film is sedately paced and relies on 99% of its worth being driven purely by dialogue. This is not one for action fans or anyone who needs some swash to go with their buckle. This is a very humanist picture, in fact lets not beat around the burning bush here, it's a Biblical love story flecked with sins of the heart. But that is no bad thing at all, because breaking it down we find it's very well acted {Peck has a stoic yet vulnerable thing going on real well & Hayward is pushing it to the max}, and it be a fine story directed with knowing skill by the often forgotten Henry King. And although some of the dialogue is admittedly cringe inducing, the character flow is never interrupted as Phillip Dunne's (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) Oscar nominated screenplay holds the attention throughout.

Sometimes a forgotten picture in terms of the Biblical/Swords & Sandals genres (most likely because it is a talky piece that has heart as its main selling point), but really it's well worth the time of anyone interested in the most lavish of genres. 7/10