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''Lot in Sodom'' is a 1933 short film, short silent film, silent experimental film, based on the Biblical tale of the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. It was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. The movie uses experimental techniques, avant-garde imagery and strong allusions to Human sexuality, sexuality, especially homosexuality. Louis Siegel was the sound composer, according to the film's opening credits.


Storyline

The story is much closer to the tale than other films like ''Sodom and Gomorrah (1963 film), Sodom and Gomorrah''. Sodom is a place of sin. An angel appears there and he is welcomed by Lot (Bible), 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 then destroyed by flames; Lot's wife is turned to a pillar of salt for having looked back. All intertitles are quotes from the Bible.


Cast

* Friedrich Haak as Lot * Hildegarde Lasell Watson, Hildegarde Watson as Lot's wife * Dorothea Haus as Lot's daughter * Lewis Whitbeck as the angel


See also

*''Sodom and Gomorrah (1922 film), Sodom und Gomorrha'' (1922 in film, 1922) – an Austrian film directed by Michael Curtiz *''Sodom and Gomorrah (1963 film), Sodom and Gomorrah'' (1963 in film, 1963) – a 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 (album), A World Lit Only by Fire'' (2014) – an album by Godflesh featuring cover art taken from ''Lot in Sodom''.


External links


''Lot in Sodom'' on Public Domain Torrents
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Recreation of ''Lot in Sodom'' on Vimeo
1933 films American LGBT-related films American silent short films American avant-garde and experimental films American black-and-white films Films based on the Book of Genesis Films directed by James Sibley Watson 1930s LGBT-related films Sodom and Gomorrah 1930s American films {{experimental-film-stub