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The screenplay by Stephan Blinn is based on Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen's novel Hadassah: One Night with the King. One Night with the King is a dramatization of the Biblical story of Esther, who risked her life by approaching the King of Persia to request that he save the Jewish people.
Oct 13, 2006 · Thus Esther became more than just queen of Persia, she and King Xerxes had a committed relationship based on true love. Beneath the obvious love story is a wave of treachery and deceit.
- Drama Historical Christian
- Adults Family
- 2 hr. 3 min.
- 2006
Oct 13, 2006 · One Night With the King brings the story of Esther to life on a scale that will remind viewers of big screen biblical classics like The Ten Commandments. But does director Michael O....
Feb 9, 2023 · How much of 2006's One Night with the King really happened? That's what we'll uncover on this episode of Based on a True Story.
Based on Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen’s novel Hadassah: One Night With the King, this onscreen story closely parallels the biblical account, but it doesn’t follow along word for word in the way that, say, the film The Gospel of John does.
- Michael O. Sajbel
Parents need to know that this is a well-crafted epic that remains true to the biblical story of Esther. Some characters plot, scheme, kill, and steal, but there's not much sexual content, and the violence is limited to some stabbings (very little blood is shown).
One Night with the King is the story of Esther, a book in the Old Testament and King Artexerxis, a powerful Babylonian king. The movie is true to the Biblical account of a Jewish woman who, at the risk of her own life, stands up to the King and a man named Haman, who was almost successful in convincing the king to wipe out all of the Jews in ...
