SEMIRAMIS, COURTESAN OF BABYLON (1954)--in German with English Subtitles

This film, also known as QUEEN OF BABYLON, is based upon the legends of the Assyrian consort, Shammuramat. Semiramis, a beautiful peasant girl, is take as a wife of an oppressive King, although she loves a Chaldean. According to the film Semiramis and the Chaldean overthrows the King, and under her Babylon reaches one of its periods of greatest splendor.