Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah is a 1962 epic biblical film directed by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by Hugo Butler and Giorgio Prosperi, loosely based on the Biblical reading of Sodom and Gomorrah. The twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah prosper because of their great deposits of salt, which are mined by an army of slaves, but the decadent citizens live in luxury and use slaves as servants and for violent games of entertainment. Lot leads his family and a Hebrew tribe through the desert, hoping to find a permanent home along the fertile banks of the River Jordan, where they meet Queen Bera's beautiful slave girl Ildith, who luxuriates in a litter while a group of slave girls in chains precede her over the rocky terrain. The tale is pretty much faithful to the Biblical story, with Lot and his people struggling to co-exist with the Sodomites, who gradually succumb to corruption, leading to a dramatic confrontation between Lot's family and the sinful city of Sodom.