• Source: Lot in Sodom

      • Lot in Sodom is a 1933 short, silent and experimental film directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. Its plot is based on the Biblical tale of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, with quotes from the Bible being used for all intertitles.


      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. It was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. Louis Siegel was the sound composer.
      The movie uses experimental techniques, avant-garde imagery and strong allusions to sexuality, especially homosexuality.


      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


      References




      External links


      Lot in Sodom at IMDb
      Lot in Sodom at AllMovie
      Lot in Sodom is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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