Head of a Tyrant or Judith and Holofernes (Italian:Giuditta e Oloferne) is a 1959 historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini.

[1] An Italian-French co-production, it is part of the boom in Sword-and-sandal productions during the late 1950s.

The film is based on the story of Judith Beheading Holofernes.

A 1929 film Judith and Holofernes was also inspired by the tale.

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