BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY,
EVER SINCE THE FIRST MAN
DISCOVERED HIS SOUL,
HE HAS STRUGGLED
AGAINST THE FORCES
THAT SOUGHT TO ENSLAVE HIM.
HE SAW THE AWFUL POWER OF
NATURE ARRAYED AGAINST HIM --
THE EVIL EYE OF THE LIGHTNING,
THE TERRIFYING VOICE
OF THE THUNDER,
THE SHRIEKING,
WIND-FILLED DARKNESS
ENSLAVING HIS MIND
WITH SHACKLES OF FEAR.
FEAR BRED SUPERSTITION,
BLINDING HIS REASON.
HE WAS RIDDEN
BY A HOST OF DEVIL GODS.
HUMAN DIGNITY PERISHED
ON THE ALTAR OF IDOLATRY.
AND TYRANNY AROSE,
GRINDING THE HUMAN SPIRI BENEATH THE CONQUEROR'S HEEL.
BUT DEEP IN MAN'S HEAR STILL BURNED THE UNQUENCHABLE
WILL FOR FREEDOM.
WHEN THIS DIVINE SPARK FLAMES
IN THE SOUL OF SOME MORTAL...
WHETHER PRIEST OR SOLDIER,
ARTIST OR PATRIOT,
LOVER OR STATESMAN...
HIS DEEDS HAVE CHANGED
THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS,
AND HIS NAME SURVIVES THE AGES.
IN THE VILLAGE OF ZORAH,
IN THE LAND OF DAN,
1,000 YEARS
BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST,
LIVED SUCH A MAN.
IN HIM, THE ELEMENTS HAD FUSED
GREATNESS AND WEAKNESS,
STRENGTH AND FOLLY.
BUT WITH THESE
WAS A BOLD DREAM --
LIBERTY FOR HIS NATION.
THE MAN'S NAME WAS SAMSON.
FOR 40 YEARS, THE PHILISTINES
HAD HELD HIS PEOPLE IN BONDAGE.
^^ I DROVE THREE SCORE GOATS
TO ZORAH ^^
^^ SEEKING FOR A WIFE ^^
^^ BUT HER FATHER SAID
GET MORE ^^
^^ OR YOU'LL LEAD
A LONELY LIFE ^^
POMEGRANATES.
AND HE SAID,
"WHEN YOU RETURN TO EGYPT,
SEE THAT YOU DO ALL THE WONDERS
WHICH I HAVE PUT IN YOUR HAND."
AND THE LORD SAID
UNTO MOSES,
"GET YOU UP UNTO PHARAOH
AND BRING FORTH MY PEOPLE
OUT OF
EGYPT."
PHARAOH
RULED THE EGYPTIANS
AS THE SARAN RULES
THE PHILISTINES HERE.
AND THE PHILISTINES
RULE US.
SAUL, LET HIM TELL IT.
PHARAOH SAID TO MOSES,
"WHO IS THIS LORD?
I KNOW HIM NOT.
YOUR PEOPLE ARE MY SLAVES,
AND I WILL NOT LET THEM GO."
BUT THEY GOT AWAY
THROUGH THE RED SEA.
AND SOMEDAY,
WE'LL SHOW THE SARAN
THAT STONES CAN FLY JUST AS
STRAIGHT AS PHILISTINE SPEARS.
Boy: SAUL, TELL HIM WHA THAT SLINGSHOT'S FOR.
YES, TELL HIM.
GUARD YOUR TONGUE, SAUL.
SOME THOUGHTS
MUST NOT BE SPOKEN.
MAY I FILL MY PITCHER,
MIRIAM?
WE'LL FILL IT TOGETHER,
LITTLE SAMARITAN.
Man: AND THE LORD SPOKE
UNTO MOSES AND TO AARON,
SAYING, "WHEN PHARAOH
SHALL SAY UNTO
YOU,
"'SHOW A MIRACLE FOR YOU,'
THEN YOU SHALL --"
YOU SHALL SWALLOW
YOUR TONGUE, OLD GOAT.
NOW, HERE'S SOMETHING
FOR YOU TO LEARN --
BOW WHEN A PHILISTINE
PASSES!
WE ARE A CONQUERED PEOPLE.
WE BOW
ONLY TO THE INVISIBLE LORD.
EVERY PHILISTINE
IS YOUR LORD.
BOW!
LOOK, YOU SCUM OF DAN,
HERE'S HOW TO GREE YOUR MASTERS.
BRAVE PHILISTINES --
SHOWING YOUR COURAGE
AGAINST CHILDREN AND OLD MEN.
WELL...
HERE'S A JUG OF DANITE WINE
WE HAVEN'T TASTED.
IF YOU COME
NEAR MIRIAM,
SAMSON WILL CRACK YOUR HEAD
LIKE A WALNUT.
SAMSON?!
[ LAUGHTER ]
HE SAVES HIS STRENGTH
FOR THE WENCHES!
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE POWER OF THE LORD
IS IN SAMSON'S
ARM,
AND ONE DAY,
YOU SHALL FEEL IT.
CROAK IN THE MUD,
OLD FROG.
[ LAUGHTER ]
RUN, RUN!
GET OFF THE STREET!
LET THE OLD MUD TURTLE
YELL FOR SAMSON!
GO ON, SAUL,
THROW.
AIM
FOR THE BIG ONE.
NO, SAUL! NO.
I'LL STOP
ONE OF THEM.
YOU WILL BRING DEATH
TO THE VILLAGE.
SAMSON
IS OUR WARRIOR.
Woman:
A LEADER -- YOU?
HMPH.
CERTAINLY,
I KNOW WHERE YOU WERE.
LESH LAKISH TOLD ME.
YOU WERE BRAWLING
THROUGH THE STREETS OF TIMNATH
WITH THE PHILISTINES,
DRINKING AND DICE-THROWING
WITH OUR ENEMIES.
I WAS LEARNING
THEIR WAYS.
YOU'D DO BETTER TO LEARN
THE WAYS OF THE LORD.
MMM! YOU'RE THE BEST COOK
IN ZORAH, LITTLE
MOTHER.
AND YOU'RE THE WORST SON.
YOU, THE LEADER OF DAN,
CHOSEN JUDGE
OF YOUR PEOPLE.
AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
MARRY A DAUGHTER
OF OUR ENEMIES --
A PHILISTINE WOMAN TO BE
THE MOTHER OF SAMSON'S CHILDREN.
I OUGHT TO TURN YOU OVER MY KNEE
THE WAY I USED TO,
AND NOT SO MANY YEARS AGO.
RUN ALONG, OR YOUR MOTHER
WILL BE TANNING YOUR HIDE, TOO.
[ BLEATS ]
YEAH, THAT'S THE TRUTH.
NOW LOOK
WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
OH, YOU'RE A STUBBORN,
WITLESS OX.
I'M YOUR SON.
OH, SAMSON, WHY CAN'T YOU BE
LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS' SONS --
CONTENT TO WATCH
THEIR FATHERS' FLOCKS
AND CHOOSING A WIFE
FROM OUR OWN VILLAGE?
FORBIDDEN FIGS
ARE SWEETER.
BUT THE SWEETEST FIGS GROW
RIGHT IN YOUR OWN GARDEN.
WHY, FROM MORNING
TILL NIGHT,
MIRIAM'S HANDS
ARE NEVER IDLE.
NO CROSS WORDS
EVER PASS HER LIPS.
AND YOU WOULD HARNESS
THIS ANGEL
TO A STUBBORN,
WITLESS OX?
OH, YOU'RE NOT ALL BAD,
SAMSON.
AH!
BUT YOUR EYES ALWAYS FIND
WHAT THEY
SHOULDN'T.
WHY, A WIFE LIKE MIRIAM
WOULD BRING OU THE GOOD IN YOU.
A MAN MUST MARRY
WHERE HIS HEART LEADS HIM,
LITTLE MOTHER.
A MAN'S HEAR CAN BE BLIND, SON.
Man: SAMSON, SAMSON!
SOME PHILISTINE SOLDIERS
AT THE WELL.
WHO THIS TIME, FATHER?
THE OLD STORYTELLER.
THE SOLDIERS HAVE GONE.
THE TROUBLE IS PASSED.
WELL, THE TROUBLE WITH HIM
ISN'T PASSED.
TELL MIRIAM
WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.
NOW, HAZEL.
YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR WHA THIS FINE SON OF YOURS IS ABOUT.
GO ON, TELL HER.
GO ON.
THIS TIME, YOU MUST HAVE DONE
SOMETHING REALLY TERRIBLE.
MIRIAM...
YOU'RE FURTHER ABOVE ME
THAN THE MOON.
BUT NOT AS HARD
TO REACH.
ONLY STRETCH OU YOUR HAND.
I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU,
MIRIAM.
YOU'RE LIKE A SPARROW,
SO GENTLE AND --
THAT'S A VERY GENTLE WAY
OF TELLING ME
THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
YOU ALWAYS SEE
THROUGH PEOPLE
AS...IF THEY WERE
COBWEBS.
I HEAR YOU SAW A WOMAN
IN TIMNATH.
YES...
AND I CAN'T FORGET HER.
IT IS THE SAME WITH ME.
I CAN'T FORGET YOU.
MIRIAM.
I'LL ALWAYS BE HERE.
WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
HE WANTS TO MARRY
A PHILISTINE.
SAMSON, YOU WOULD NOT BRING
THIS SHAME UPON US.
THERE'S NO SHAME
IN MARRIAGE, FATHER.
TO A PHILISTINE WOMAN?
FATHER,
SEMADAR PLEASES ME.
GO TO TUBAL OF TIMNATH
AND SAY I WILL TAKE
HIS DAUGHTER TO WIFE.
THE LAW FORBIDS IT.
A PHILISTINE LAW?
SAMSON.
OH, SAMSON,
WHAT WILL COME TO YOU
ON THE ROAD
YOU'RE TRAVELING?
[ CHUCKLES ]
A GOLDEN-HAIRED WIFE,
LITTLE MOTHER,
WHO WON'T BEAT ME
WITH WOODEN SPOONS.
OHH.
OH, SAMSON, SAMSON,
YOU'RE BLIND.
YOU TURN AWAY FROM MIRIAM,
FROM EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOOD IN YOUR LIFE!
JUST BECAUSE HE'S SEEN A WOMAN
AT TIMNATH...
A WOMAN IN SILKS AND JEWELS.
OH!
MAGNIFICENT.
OOH, YOUR RICH GIFTS
ROB ME OF WORDS, AHTUR.
THEY'LL ROB YOU
OF A DAUGHTER, TUBAL,
AND ENRICH ME
WITH A WIFE.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF DAN
DOES MY HOUSE GREAT HONOR.
SEMADAR IS A FIT MATE
FOR A SOLDIER.
NOW, HERE'S A NEW WEAVE
FROM THE LOOMS OF GAZA.
THEY CALL IT "GAUZE."
BEAUTIFUL.
BEAUTIFUL!
TAKE IT OVER
TO THE LIGHT.
SEMADA--
BUT YOU HAVEN' EVEN SHOWN --
SHE CAN THROW THE JAVELIN
LIKE THE GODDESS DICTYNNA.
I'M TAKING HER WITH ME
ON THE SARAN'S LION HUNT TODAY,
WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
OH, YES, OF -- OF COURSE,
OF COURSE.
YOU -- YOU KNOW,
I HAVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER --
SEMADAR'S
YOUNGER SISTER.
OH, UNBELIEVABLE BEAUTY.
THAT'S A GOOD THROW.
BUT THE LION'S HEART'S
AT THE OTHER END.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR SENSES?
THE WHOLE HUNTING PARTY
WILL BE HERE.
THE SARAN HIMSELF
IS COMING FROM GAZA.
I KNOW. I CAME
TO HELP HIM KILL THE LION.
YOU'D RATHER HELP THE LION
KILL THE SARAN.
NOT UNTIL HE GIVES US PERMISSION
FOR OUR MARRIAGE.
OUR MARRIAGE?
YOU HAVE LOS YOUR SENSES.
AND MY HEART.
YOU'VE WHISPERED THA IN A LOT OF PRETTY EARS.
NONE AS PRETTY AS YOURS.
MY SISTER DOES HER LION HUNTING
WITH PLUM PITS.
BE GOOD NOW,
OR THE GAME MAY EAT THE HUNTER.
I CAN'T REALLY BLAME HER
FOR HUNTING YOU.
SAMSON, YOU ARE
RATHER LIKE A LION.
THEN YOU SHOULD LEARN MORE
ABOUT LION HUNTING.
PROUD AND STRONG
AND FEARLESS.
BUT NOT VERY WISE.
AHTUR.
HERE.
I BROUGHT A THORN
FOR A ROSE.
OH, THANK YOU, AHTUR.
BALANCES PERFECTLY.
THERE'S ONLY ONE DANITE
FOOL ENOUGH TO CLIMB THIS WALL.
THE GOVERNOR OF DAN
HAS A HUNTER'S EYE.
I JUST TOLD SEMADAR --
YES, I HEARD YOU.
YOU'LL HUNT FROM MY CHARIO TODAY, SEMADAR.
SAMSON THINKS HE CAN HELP US
KILL THE LION.
[ LAUGHS ]
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL,
BUT THE LORD
OF THE FIVE CITIES,
WHOSE CONQUESTS REACH
FROM THE NILE TO BABYLON,
MAY SUCCEED
WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE
OF A JUDGE OF SHEPHERDS.
A SHEPHERD NEEDS TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT LIONS THAN A KING.
HIS LIFE DEPENDS UPON IT.
A SHEPHERD OBEYS THE LAW.
HIS LIFE DEPENDS ON THAT.
AND THE FIRST LAW
YOUR FATHERS LEARNED
WAS TO BOW
BEFORE PHILISTINE SPEARS.
YOU LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE BOW
TO THE MIGHT OF SPEARS.
I LIKE TO HAVE SPEARS...
BOW TO PEOPLE...
...ESPECIALLY
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
YOU DESTROY A WEAPON
THAT YOU LACK THE SKILL TO USE.
PERHAPS SEMADAR
WILL TEACH ME...
AFTER OUR MARRIAGE.
MARRIAGE TO --
YOUR HUMOR IS EVEN GREATER
THAN YOUR
STRENGTH.
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
THE SARAN.
THE JUDGE OF DAN
WOULD DO WELL
TO LEAVE THE WAY
HE CAME...
[ FANFARE CONTINUES,
DOGS BARKING ]
...AND SEEK A BRIDE
IN SOME OTHER PASTURE.
Man: AHTUR!
AHTUR!
Man #2:
HAIL THE PHILISTINES.
HAIL, GREAT MAJESTY.
HAIL, SARAN OF GAZA!
I DON'T LIKE AHTUR,
EITHER.
WATER FOR THE HORSES!
HUNT YOUR LIONS
WITH THAT, NIMROD.
IF YOU KILLED THE LION,
THEY'D CALL YOU GREAT.
I CAN BEND THEIR SPEARS,
BUT I CAN'T OUTRUN THEIR HORSES.
I COULD
GET YOU THERE FIRST.
WE HAVE STABLES.
WHAT'S YOUR PRICE?
TAKE ME WITH YOU.
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'RE A BOLD
LITTLE MONKEY.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
DELILAH.
COME ON.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
FASTER, SAMSON, FASTER!
HOLD TIGH TO THE RAILING!
I'LL HOLD TIGHT TO YOU!
BE CAREFUL.
YOU'LL FALL OUT!
NO, I WON'T!
SEMADAR DOESN'T LOVE
YOUR STRENGTH LIKE I DO.
I'D LOVE TO FEEL THE POWER
OF YOUR ARMS.
I'D RATHER FEEL A WILDCA ON MY BACK!
WILL YOU TAME ME, SAMSON?
I'LL USE YOU
FOR LION BAIT!
I DON'T SEE ANY LION!
AAH!
[ ROARING ]
[ ROARING ]
[ NEIGHING ]
WHOA.
HERE, KILL HIM
BEFORE THEY GET HERE.
I WON'T NEED IT.
HE'S A YOUNG LION.
[ LION GROWLING ]
SAMSON!
[ ROARING ]
Delilah: SAMSON!
YOU'RE MORE TROUBLE --
I'M AFRAID!
GET UP ON THAT ROCK THERE
AND DON'T MOVE.
[ GROWLING ]
LOOK OUT!
[ NEIGHING ]
[ ROARING ]
[ ROARING STOPS ]
SAMSON!
YOU KILLED HIM
WITH YOUR HANDS.
OH, SAMSON.
HEY [CHUCKLES]
ONE CAT AT A TIME.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU?
I LOVE YOU.
THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH ME -- I LOVE YOU.
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
LION HO!
[ DOGS BARKING ]
HALT THE HUNT!
THE BEAST IS SLAIN.
WHO KILLED HIM?
THE SARAN.
DELILAH!
SEMADAR,
THE SARAN!
WHO IS THIS GIRL?
MY SISTER, LORD SARAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW
SHE CAME HERE WITH THIS --
DANITE, ISN'T HE?
PERHAPS THIS LITTLE BLOSSOM
FROM TUBAL'S GARDEN
CAN ENLIGHTEN US.
OH, YES, MAJESTY,
I CAN.
SAMSON KILLED THE LION
WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
NEVER HAS THERE BEEN
SUCH POWER IN ANY MAN.
YOUR SISTER
HAS A LIVELY IMAGINATION.
SO, YOU'RE SAMSON,
THE BRAWLING TROUBLEMAKER.
THE SARAN KNOWS ME.
YES, AND NO GOOD OF YOU.
COME HERE, GIRL.
YOU SAY
HE USED NO WEAPON?
JUST HIS TWO HANDS,
LORD SARAN.
HE WAS MAGNIFICENT.
ONLY A GOD
COULD DO WHAT HE DID.
WELL, DANITE,
YOU HAVE ONE WORSHIPER.
AHTUR, EXAMINE THE BEAS AND FIND THE MARK
OF THE JAVELIN.
BUT I --
DELILAH.
GET DOWN OFF THAT WHEEL.
HAVE YOU NO RESPECT?
THERE'S NO BLOOD.
THE WOUND MUST BE
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
TURN HIM OVER.
THE BODY'S WARM.
THERE IS NO MARK
UPON THE SKIN.
WHAT?
I SAID THERE WASN'T.
NO MARK?
WOULD YOU HAVE US BELIEVE
THE BEAST DROPPED DEAD
FROM FEAR?
THE GIRL
TOLD YOU THE TRUTH.
WHAT YOU BELIEVE
IS YOUR AFFAIR.
I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE
THIS STRENGTH.
GARMISKAR!
Man: NOW YOU'LL SEE
SOME FUR FLY.
Man #2: YOU'LL SEE
SOME BLOOD FLOW.
BREAK
THIS BOASTER'S BONES.
I HAVE NO QUARREL
WITH YOUR WARRIOR.
WHAT KIND OF COURAGE
CLAIMS TO FACE A LION
AND FEARS MY WRESTLER?
THE MAN
HAS DONE ME NO HARM.
FIGHT HIM, SAMSON.
FIGHT HIM.
LIKE ALL BOASTERS,
HE'S A COWARD.
[ SOLDIERS MURMURING ]
GARMISKAR,
LET HIM FEEL THE WHIP.
NOW WATCH.
[ WHIP CRACKS ]
OHH!
GARMISKAR'S DOWN!
GET UP!
GET UP!
HE'S NEAR 400 POUNDS.
HE THREW HIM
LIKE A SACK OF GRAIN.
THE HUNTER'S PRIZE
IS YOURS.
ONE RING
FOR TWO LIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO NAME
MY OWN PRIZE.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE --
MY THRONE?
[ MUFFLED LAUGHTER ]
I WOULD TAKE
A PHILISTINE BRIDE.
THE GIRL
SEEMS WILLING ENOUGH.
I NEED MEN LIKE YOU.
IF IT TAKES A PRETTY FACE
TO BIND YOU TO
ME,
YOUR REQUEST IS GRANTED.
CHOOSE YOUR BRIDE.
THIS IS THE WOMAN I TAKE.
BUT SEMADAR
IS PROMISED TO ME.
I HAVE GIVEN MY WORD,
AHTUR.
SHE IS YOURS,
AND 100 PIECES OF SILVER.
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
A GREAT TREASURE.
WILL YOU ACCEPT FROM ME
THE SKIN OF THE LION?
THERE'S NO MARK
UPON IT.
AS A PEACE OFFERING,
FROM ONE PRINCE TO ANOTHER.
IS IT WISE TO HAVE
THIS MAD DOG IN OUR CITY?
HE MIGHT BE TAMED
IN OUR CITY.
LORD SARAN,
SAMSON
COULD MAKE NO TROUBLE
IF AHTUR BROUGH 30 OF HIS WARRIORS
TO THE WEDDING FEAST.
[ CHUCKLES ]
THIS GIRL HAS THE WISDOM
OF A SERPENT.
RIDE HOME TOGETHER
AND DISCUSS THE CHOICE
OF WEDDING COMPANIONS.
Man: HUNT HOME!
HUNT, HOME!
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
COMING THROUGH!
HUNT, HOME!
[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
LOOK,
THE FEATHER DANCE!
[ LAUGHTER ]
FEATHER
AGAINST SWORD.
FEATHER ALWAYS WINS.
DON'T STEP IN THE WINE.
THE FEATHER DANCE
IS A WITCH'S TRICK.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
NO MAN CAN KILL A LION
WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
WHO SAW HIM
KILL THE BEAST?
YOU SAW HIM
THROW GARMISKAR.
WHY AREN'T YOU ENTERTAINING
THE WEDDING GUESTS?
THEY HATE HIM.
BECAUSE HE'S A DANITE?
BECAUSE HE'S A FOOL.
MOST MEN ARE, DELILAH.
NOTHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT.
SOMETIMES A BEE
CAN MOVE AN OX.
A MAN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REACH
AT HIS OWN WEDDING FEAST.
THE MOST DESIRABLE GRAPES
ARE ALWAYS OUT OF REACH.
NOT IF YOU REACH
HIGH ENOUGH.
OR WAITS LONG ENOUGH.
YOU WAITED TOO LONG,
AHTUR.
FOR WHAT?
ENTERTAINMENT.
WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE?
WINE, BEAUTY, SONG?
I HAVE WINE.
YOU HAVE BEAUTY.
AND SAMSON HAS A VOICE.
SING US ONE O
F YOUR SHEPHERD SONGS, SAMSON.
[ LAUGHS ]
MY SINGING SOUNDS MORE
LIKE THE BLEATING OF MY SHEEP.
Man: YES, AHTUR!
Man #2: AHTUR!
BUT I WILL SET YOU
A RIDDLE.
CAN HE MAKE ONE?
I DIDN'T KNOW
HE COULD MAKE ONE.
LET'S HEAR IT,
DANITE!
SPEAK UP, STRONG MAN!
WHAT RIDDLE?
TELL US.
OUT OF THE EATER
CAME FORTH MEAT.
OUT OF THE STRONG
CAME FORTH SWEETNESS.
Ahtur:
OUT OF THE EATER CAME FORTH --
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S A FOOL'S RIDDLE.
THEN ANSWER IT.
THERE'S NO SENSE TO IT.
SWEETNESS
FROM THE STRONG?
HE'S TWISTING WORDS.
RIDDLE? WHY,
BY THE SOUTHERN PLANETS,
THAT'S NO RIDDLE
AT ALL.
IT'S NOT A RIDDLE
WITHOUT A WAGER.
OR WITHOUT GOLD.
WHAT GOLD
CAN SAMSON WAGER?
THERE ARE
MANY KINDS OF GOLD.
THERE IS THE GOLD
IN SEMADAR'S HAIR.
BUT WE WON'T WAGER THAT.
THEN THERE'S THE GOLD THREAD
OF A CLOAK.
THAT, I WILL WAGER.
IF YOU GUESS THE RIDDLE,
I'LL PAY EACH ONE OF YOU
A NEW GARMENT.
ALL 30 OF US?
ALL 30.
30 GARMENTS?
THAT'S A HEAVY WAGER.
HOW CAN HE PAY?
WITH 30 LION SKINS?
WE'LL GE ALL SHEPHERD CLOAKS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHERE WOULD HE GE 30 GARMENTS?
YES,
ONE FOR EACH OF US!
TAKE CARE.
SAMSON IS CLEVER
AT TRAPPING FOXES.
YOU MAY LOSE.
THEN EACH ONE OF US WILL PAY HIM
A CHANGE OF GARMENTS.
ALL 30?
ALL 30.
AGREED!
IT'S A WAGER!
30 GARMENTS.
IT'S A BARGAIN!
LEAVE THEM WITH YOUR RIDDLE,
SAMSON,
WHILE I PUT ON
MY WEDDING VEIL.
"OUT OF THE STRONG
CAME FORTH SWEETNESS."
HAH!
THE FRUIT OF THE DATE PALM!
THE TREE IS STRONG,
AND THE FRUIT IS SWEET.
TERESH, WHAT ON EARTH
DO YOU FEED DATE PALMS
TO MAKE THEM EATERS?
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHY,
IT'S A HAWK'S EGG.
A HAWK IS AN EATER.
AND THE EGG IS STRONG.
FIND THE ANSWER
BEFORE THE WEDDING.
SAMSON WILL HAVE NO TIME
FOR RIDDLES AFTERWARDS.
FATHER, TAKE HIM,
BUT BRING HIM BACK TO ME.
I'M SURE
I COULD NOT KEEP HIM AWAY.
YOU TRIED HARD ENOUGH TO,
TUBAL.
MUSICIANS, PLAY AMONG THE GUESTS
WHILE WE PREPARE.
THAT SCURVY RIDDLE
HAS NO ANSWER.
IT'S A CHEAT!
HE'S RIGHT!
A DANITE TRICK!
EVERY RIDDLE HAS AN ANSWER,
ONLY YOU'RE TOO STUPID
TO FIND IT.
FIND IT? WHERE?
NOT IN YOUR WINE CUP,
GAMMAD.
SHARPEN YOUR WITS,
NOT YOUR TEETH.
WHAT?
DON'T YOU SEE
SAMSON IS LAUGHING AT YOU?
LAUGHING AT US?
HE'S SMARTER THAN YOU.
HAS HE TOLD YOU
THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE?
NO, BUT...
I KNOW SOMEONE
WHO CAN GET IT.
WHO?
TELL US.
YOU?
SEMADAR.
SEMADAR?
YES, BY DAGON,
SHE'LL TELL,
OR I'LL WRING THE ANSWER
FROM HER THROAT.
I'LL PAY NO FORFEI TO THAT DANITE CLOWN.
OH, YES, YOU WILL.
YOU MADE A WAGER.
BEFORE I PAY, I'LL BURN
THIS HOUSE AND THEM IN IT.
YOU DON'T KNOW SAMSON.
SAMSON -- WHAT?
IT WOULD BE MUCH SAFER
IF AHTUR GOT THE ANSWER
FROM SEMADAR.
YES, SEMADAR.
CLEVER
GIRL.
WOMEN ALWAYS YIELD
TO AHTUR.
[ MEN MURMURING ]
WHY SHOULD OUR GUESTS
CARE ABOUT A STUPID GAME
OF WORDS?
IT'S NO GAME TO THEM.
IT'S DANITE AGAINST PHILISTINE.
THE WINE
HAS DULLED THEIR SENSES.
IT HASN'T DULLED
THEIR ANGER.
YOU'RE TRYING TO FRIGHTEN ME
BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ME
TO MARRY SAMSON.
I DON'T WANT YOU
TO MARRY SAMSON, BUT...
THERE'S HATRED DOWN THERE
AT YOUR WEDDING FEAST.
THEY THINK YOU'VE JOINED SAMSON
AGAINST US.
BUT I HAVEN'T.
TELL THEM I HAVEN'T.
NO.
YOU TELL THEM
THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IT.
UNFORTUNATE.
AHTUR, SAMSON
HAS TOLD ME NOTHING.
SURELY HE'LL SHARE THE ANSWER
WITH SO LOVELY A BRIDE.
BUT IF HE WON'T?
GET IT...
OR DEATH MAY SOLVE
THE DANITE'S RIDDLE.
Man: AHTUR.
Man #2: AHTUR.
[ SOBBING ]
I MEAN
NO MORE TO YOU
THAN THOSE STRANGERS
DOWN THERE.
SEMADAR, DON'T CRY.
I CAN'T STAND TEARS.
YOU DON'T LOVE ME.
BUT, SEMADAR, LOOK --
NO! GO AWAY.
LOOK, I'VE TOLD NO ONE
THE ANSWER.
OUR WEDDING NIGHT,
AND TO YOU I AM NO ONE.
WOMEN.
WON'T YOU MAKE ME HAPPY?
TELL ME
THE RIDDLE'S ANSWER.
YOU COULD PLEASE ME
SO MUCH.
IF A HONEYCOMB PLEASES YOU,
A LION WILL NO KEEP US
APART.
HONEYCOMB!
IS THAT THE ANSWER?
REMEMBER
THAT LION I KILLED?
THE SUN HAD BLEACHED
ITS BONES,
AND WILD BEES
HAD SWARMED THERE.
OH, SAMSON!
THAT WAS THE HONEYCOMB
YOU BROUGHT ME.
WHAT IS SWEETER
THAN HONEY?
WHAT IS STRONGER
THAN A LION?
[ MEN LAUGHING ]
SEMADAR,
AS PRETTY AS A PEARL!
BEFORE THIS COMPANY,
I GIVE MY DAUGHTER, SEMADAR,
TO SAMSON IN MARRIAGE.
LUCKY SAMSON!
Ahtur: WHAT IS SWEETER
THAN HONEY, SAMSON?
TELL US...
WHAT IS STRONGER
THAN A LION?
Man:
I BET THAT'S THE ANSWER.
Man #2: AHTUR HAS WON
THE DANITE'S
WAGER.
OR THE DANITE'S BRIDE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
A CLEVER RIDDLE,
CLEVERLY ANSWERED.
AND NOW, SAMSON,
TAKE THE WINE CUP.
PAY YOUR WAGER, BRIDEGROOM.
A CHANGE OF GARMEN FOR EACH!
BEFORE WE LEAVE.
A RED CLOAK
IS WHAT I WAN SO THE WINE SPOTS
DON'T SHOW.
A WOOL TUNIC FOR ME
TO KEEP OUT THE FOUL AIR OF DAN.
BRING ME AN EMBROIDERED ROBE
TO DAZZLE THE WENCHES.
I'LL SETTLE
FOR A CLOAK OF SILVER CLOTH.
IF YOU HAD NOT PLOWED
WITH MY HEIFER,
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ANSWERED
MY RIDDLE.
YOU'RE A BAD LOSER,
STRONG MAN.
PAY YOUR DEBT.
I'LL PAY MY DEBT...
THE SAME WAY
YOU FOUND THE ANSWER.
A RED CLOAK
IS WHAT I WANT.
YOU'LL GET YOUR RED CLOAK,
GAMMAD.
YOU'LL GE YOUR SHIRT OF WOOL, TARGIL.
WITH GOLD THREAD!
AND YOU, BERGAM,
YOUR SILVER CLOAK.
YOU'LL ALL BE PAID
IN FULL.
YOU CHEA BEFORE OUR WEDDING'S DONE.
THE CATS FROM THE TIMNATH ALLEYS
COULD LEARN MUCH FROM YOU.
SHE STANDS WITH US.
AND YOU'D DO WELL
TO RETURN TO YOUR PEOPLE.
YES, GO BACK.
I'LL RETURN.
BUT FIRST I MUST PAY THE DEB TO YOUR PEOPLE.
OR PAY YOUR WAGER.
I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU.
SAMSON! SAMSON!
LET HIM GO, FATHER.
BUT THE SARAN
GAVE HER TO SAMSON.
AND SAMSON CALLED HER A CA FROM THE ALLEYS OF TIMNATH.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
HE DOESN'T WANT HER NOW.
BUT AHTUR DOES.
AHTUR!
AND THE BRIDAL CHAMBER
IS WAITING FOR A BRIDE.
GOOD SENSE
IN THAT PRETTY HEAD.
AHTUR!
THE TROUBLE YOU BREW TODAY,
YOU'LL DRINK TOMORROW.
[ SCOFFS ]
Man:
^^ I'D RATHER BE A MERCHANT ^^
^^ THAN A CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET ^^
^^ THE SARAN OWNS A PALACE ^^
^^ THE JESTER OWNS AN ASS ^^
OH! HELP!
HELP!
MERCY!
HELP! GUARD!
WE'VE BEEN ROBBED!
A GIANT!
DAGON, PROTECT US!
HE'LL KILL US!
HELP!
MERCY! THIEVES!
HELP!
GET ME SOMETHING
TO WEAR.
HELP! HELP!
I'M ROBBED.
SOME DEMON FELL UPON ME
AND STOLE MY BEST TUNIC.
A DEMON?
BIG AS A CAMEL --
MY CLOTHES,
MY RED CLOAK --
THEY'RE GONE!
I CAN SEE THAT.
A GIANT HURLED ME
IN THE AIR --
I TRIED
TO FIGHT HIM --
PEACE! PEACE! PEACE!
SPEAK SENSE!
MY FLOWERED ROBE --
IT'S STOLEN.
THE ONE MY WIFE
MADE FOR ME.
SHE'LL NEVER BELIEVE ME.
I DEMAND
YOU MAKE A SEARCH!
MY RED CLOAK!
MY COAT OF SILVER CLOTH!
[ Slurring ]
WE CAME FOR A WEDDING,
AND BY DAGON,
WE HAD A WEDDING.
YOU'RE NOT LEAVING BEFORE
THE DANITE'S PAID HIS WAGER?
HIS DEB IS AS BAD AS HIS RIDDLE.
HE WON'T COME BACK.
OH, YES, HE WILL.
IF HE DOES, I'LL SPIT HIM
LIKE A FATTED
CALF.
Samson: THERE'S YOUR TUNIC
WITH THREADS OF GOLD.
HERE'S YOUR FATTED CALF,
TARGIL.
A RED CLOAK -- THE COLOR
OF YOUR NOSE, GAMMAD.
HERE, TERESH,
WEAR THIS OVER YOUR HEAD
SO THE WENCHES
CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE.
HEY!
AND YOU, BERGAM,
YOU WANT A SILVER CLOAK?
FIND IT YOURSELF.
THERE'S 30 TO CHOOSE FROM.
HEY!
WHERE DID HE GE SUCH GARMENTS?
NOW YOU'RE PAID...
THE LOT OF YOU.
WHERE'S SEMADAR?
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHERE'S SEMADAR?
WAIT, WAIT, SAMSON.
WHERE'S MY WIFE?
BUT SHE'S NOT YOUR WIFE.
YOUR SAID --
NEVER MIND
WHAT I SAID.
NOW, SAMSON,
YOU SAID YOU WERE DONE WITH HER.
YOU SAID IT YOURSELF.
I THOUGHT YOU HATED HER,
SO I GAVE HER
TO YOUR COMPANION, AHTUR.
YOU --
AHTUR?
H-HE WANTED TO MARRY HER.
WHAT COULD I DO?
YOU WANTED NO DANITE
FOR A SON-IN-LAW.
LOOK! HERE!
SAMSON,
MY OTHER DAUGHTER.
TAKE HER.
SHE'LL MAKE YOU
A MUCH BETTER WIFE.
SHE'S FAIRER THAN SEMADAR
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL.
YOU GIVE ME
A TURNIP FOR --
WAIT, WAIT, SAMSON.
THIS ONE IS A QUEEN
AMONG WOMEN.
SAMSON, LOOK, LOOK!
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
EYES LIKE THAT?
SO FULL OF LOVE FOR YOU?
SEE THE WHITENESS
OF HER SKIN,
SMOOTH AS A YOUNG DOVE'S.
OH, SHE WILL GROW
INTO A RARE BLOSSOM.
SHE WILL GROW
INTO A THORNBUSH!
DID A THORNBUSH
STEAL THE CHARIO THAT TOOK YOU
TO THE LION?
DID A THORNBUSH
TELL THE SARAN
HOW YOU KILLED I WITH YOUR BARE HANDS?
NO, I DID,
AND HE BELIEVED ME.
THEN YOU CHOSE SEMADAR.
TAKE YOUR CLAWS OUT OF ME.
YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM
OUT OF YOU.
I MADE AHTUR STEAL THE SECRE OF THE RIDDLE FROM SEMADAR.
I LIED TO STOP YOU
FROM MARRYING HER.
I'D KILL TO KEEP YOU.
YOU'RE THE ONLY THING
IN THE WORLD I WANT.
HOLD THIS FORK-TONGUED ADDER
BEFORE I PUT A HEEL
ON HER.
IF YOU CRUSH THE LIFE
OUT OF ME,
I'LL KISS YOU
WITH MY DYING BREATH.
AND YOU WANT ME TO MARRY
THIS WILDCAT?
[ MEN MURMURING ]
LET HIM DESTROY HIMSELF.
[ GASPS ]
SAMSON!
YOU'LL DIE FOR THIS,
YOU FOOL!
LOOK, AHTUR IS DOWN!
GIVE ME A JAVELIN!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ Muffled ]
TERESH! BERGAM!
TARGIL! GAMMAD!
BLOCK THE DOOR, SEMADAR.
HE'S NOT ARMED.
CHARGE HIM!
I'LL SPLIT THAT SHIELD!
SEMADAR!
HERE'S A THORN
FOR HIS RIBS.
INSIDE, SEMADAR!
COME, SAMSON!
THEY'LL KILL US.
LOOK OUT! HE'S THROWING.
UGH!
LOCK SHIELDS!
DEATH TO HER!
NO, TARGIL!
HIDE, SEMADAR.
HIDE!
AND DEATH TO HER FATHER!
FATHER!
SEMADAR! NO!
TARGIL!
AAH!
MY DAUGHTER!
BURN HER
AND HER FATHER WITH FIRE!
TARGIL!
HE HAS
THE STRENGTH OF HELL.
HE'LL BLEED
LIKE ANY MAN.
YOU CAME TO THIS HOUSE
AS WEDDING GUESTS.
FIRE AND DEATH
ARE YOUR GIFTS TO MY BRIDE.
FOR ALL THAT I DO
AGAINST YOU NOW...
I SHALL BE BLAMELESS.
I'LL GIVE YOU BACK
FIRE FOR FIRE!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
AND DEATH FOR DEATH!
WHAT INVISIBLE POWER
STRIKES THROUGH HIS ARM?
TURN AWAY, LITTLE MISTRESS.
DON'T LOOK ANYMORE.
ALL YOU HAVE IN THE WORLD
IS ASH AND DEATH.
SAMSON LIVES.
MAY HIS FLESH
ROT FROM HIS BONES.
BE STILL, OLD FOOL.
IF IT TAKES ALL MY LIFE,
I'LL MAKE HIM CURSE
THE DAY HE WAS BORN.
HE CALLED YOU
A FORK-TONGUED ADDER.
HE'S GOING TO FEEL
ITS STING.
WHAT STRENGTH CAN THESE HANDS
HAVE AGAINST HIM?
PERHAPS GREATER THAN A LION'S
AND SOFTER THAN A DOVE'S.
I'LL FIND STRENGTH,
HISHAM --
STRENGTH TO DESTROY HIM.
Ahtur:
SAMSON, SAMSON, SAMSON!
EVERY DANITE SHEEPHERDER
KNOWS WHERE TO FIND HIM,
YET THE MAN'S INVISIBLE.
I KNOW THE DANITES WORSHIP
AN INVISIBLE GOD, AHTUR,
BUT AN INVISIBLE LEADER?
I'VE WASTED A WHOLE YEAR
CHASING LIES AND RUMORS.
I'VE FLOGGED DANITES,
HUNG THEM IN
CHAINS,
BURNED THEM,
BUT THEY WON'T GIVE HIM UP.
APPARENTLY THEY LOVE SAMSON
MORE THAN THEY FEAR YOU.
GIVE ME 10,000 MEN,
AND I'LL TEACH THEM FEAR.
LIKE ALL SOLDIERS,
WHEN YOU FAIL BY THE SWORD,
YOU ASK FOR MORE SWORDS.
YOU SHOULD STUDY THE ANT.
THE ANT?
YES.
THE BABYLONIANS
CALLED THEM "ZERUBBABEL."
THE DANITES
CALL THEM "NEMLACH."
WE CALL THEM ANTS.
SEE HOW THESE MASTER ANTS
COLLECT FOOD FROM THEIR SLAVES?
YOU MIGHT CALL THEM
TAX COLLECTORS.
WE NEED SOLDIERS
TO DESTROY THIS DANITE.
YOU THINK SO, AHTUR?
I THINK ONE TAX COLLECTOR
IS WORTH A THOUSAND SOLDIERS.
Soldier:
A THIRD OF EVERY HERD.
Man: BUT OUR FLOCKS
MEAN OUR LIVES.
THEIR SKINS CLOTHE US.
THEIR MILK
FEEDS OUR CHILDREN.
ONE OUT OF THREE --
THAT'S THE SARAN'S TAX.
ONE OUT OF THREE WILL RUIN US.
WE CAN'T PAY SUCH A
TAX.
YOU'LL PAY I UNTIL YOU GIVE US SAMSON
TIED UP LIKE THIS.
[ SHEEP BLEATING ]
AND NEXT TIME,
WE'LL TAKE YOUR GOATS.
COME ON, SOLDIER.
NO! NO! STOP!
YOU TAX COLLECTORS
FEED ON US LIKE VULTURES.
I'LL HAVE NOTHING
LEFT TO SELL.
SELL SAMSON TO US,
BOUND.
BIND HIM?
WE CAN'T EVEN FIND HIM.
YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS.
BARBERS
KNOW ALL THE GOSSIP.
[ GASPS ]
MY PURSE! MY PURSE!
WE'LL KEEP THIS
UNTIL YOU GIVE UP SAMSON.
[ LAUGHING ]
YOU'LL GET SAMSON WHEN THE LIGH OF THE LORD GOES OUT.
YOU TAKE EVEN THE LIGH BY WHICH WE PRAY.
YOU WON'T PRAY MUCH LONGER,
OLD MAN,
UNLESS YOU BRING US SAMSON
OUT OF THE WILDERNESS.
HE WILL COME BACK
TO DRIVE YOU FROM OUR LAND.
IT'LL BE A HUNGRY LAND,
BIG EYES.
YOU CAN STARVE US
WITH TAXES,
STRIP OUR HOUSES,
PLUNDER, BURN, AND STEAL,
BUT WE WILL NEVER
BETRAY SAMSON.
ONE ROCK IS NO A MOUNTAIN, MIRIAM,
AND ONE MAN
IS NOT A NATION.
CAN SAMSON BRING BACK
THE GRAIN TO OUR FIELDS
BY BURNING THE FIELDS
OF THE PHILISTINES?
CAN SAMSON FEED OUR CHILDREN
WHEN THEY CRY FOR FOOD
WITH THE GATES OF GAZA?
HE HAS DONE TO THE PHILISTINES
WHAT THEY DID TO HIM.
WHO ELSE HAS STOOD
AGAINST THEM?
HE STOOD AGAINST THEM
FOR HIS PHILISTINE WIFE,
NOT FOR US.
HIS STRENGTH IS OUR SHIELD,
LESH LAKISH.
HE HAS NOT SHIELDED US.
MUST WE ALL SUFFER
FOR WHAT ONE MAN HAS DONE?
WE WILL NEVER GIVE HIM UP.
WE WILL BIND HIM
AND DELIVER HIM
INTO THE HANDS
OF THE PHILISTINES.
YOU DELIVER HIM TO DEATH.
WHILE THE STRENGTH
OF THE LORD IS IN HIM,
NO MAN CAN BIND SAMSON.
HE WILL NOT RAISE HIS HAND
AGAINST US,
GRANDFATHER.
HE WILL LET HIMSELF
BE BOUND.
WHY WILL MEN ALWAYS BETRAY
THE STRONGEST AMONG THEM?
[ SOBBING ]
HIS NAME WILL BE WRITTEN
IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES.
BELLOW,
YOU BLUSTERING OX,
SO THE SARAN
CAN HEAR YOU IN GAZA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
EVEN A RUBY LOSES LUSTER
BESIDE YOUR LIPS.
IT WILL TAKE A SAPPHIRE
AND AN EMERALD TOGETHER
TO MATCH
YOUR BLUE-GREEN EYES.
I HAVE KNOWN THE WAYS
OF MANY WOMEN
WHO FILL THE VEINS
WITH FIRE,
BUT ONLY ONE DELILAH.
MY LORD HAS GIVEN ME
MANY GIFTS,
BUT NONE MORE PRECIOUS
THAN HIS FAVOR.
Hisham: LITTLE MISTRESS!
LITTLE MISTRESS!
YOU ARE FORBIDDEN TO DISTURB ME
WHEN OUR LORD OF GAZA IS HERE.
IT IS A MESSENGER WITH NEWS
FROM THE LORD GENERAL.
HE SAYS IT MUST NOT WAIT.
WE'LL SEE NO ONE.
DELILAH,
WHAT A DIMPLED DRAGON
YOU CAN BE,
FLASHING FIRE AND SMOKE.
BUT EVEN YOUR ANGER CHARMS ME
AS LONG AS IT'S DIRECTED
AT SOMEONE ELSE.
THE POOR HISHAM.
LET THE MAN IN.
MAJESTY!
SPEAK.
LORD AHTUR,
MILITARY GOVERNOR OF DAN,
PRINCE OF PHILISTIA,
SENDS GREETINGS TO THE SARAN
OF GAZA, MAJESTIC --
YES, YES.
GET ON WITH THE MESSAGE.
SAMSON
IS OUR PRISONER.
PRISONER?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?
WOULD YOU MIND
IF I ASK THE QUESTIONS?
PARDON, MY LORD,
BUT --
YES, I KNOW,
BUT JUST LEAVE IT TO ME.
CONTINUE.
THE LORD AHTUR IS LEADING
SAMSON, BOUND, TOWARD GAZA.
THEY ARE
BUT A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY.
I HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME
TO HEAR THOSE
WORDS.
SUCH NEWS DESERVES REWARD.
WITHDRAW.
THAT WAS
A VERY COSTLY JEWEL.
WHAT WILL YOU DO
WITH SAMSON, MY LORD?
WELL, WE MIGHT HANG HIM
BY HIS HEELS FROM YOUR BALCONY.
OR WHAT WOULD
YOUR SUGGESTION BE, DELILAH?
MAKE HIM TURN
THE GRISTMILL,
WHIPPED AND DRIVEN
LIKE AN ANIMAL,
WHERE ALL GAZA CAN MOCK HIM
AND LAUGH AT HIM.
HUMBLE HIM.
BRING HIM TO HIS KNEES.
BUT I THOUGH YOU ONCE ADMIRED THIS DANITE.
AS I ADMIRE
THE GUTTER-RATS OF GAZA.
I'M JEALOUS
OF YOUR HATRED.
DON'T SHARE EVEN THA WITH ANYONE ELSE.
WE'LL CHAIN THIS LION KILLER
TO THE MILLSTONE,
IF THAT IS YOUR WISH,
AND PERHAPS ARRANGE A FEW OTHER
LITTLE SPORTS FOR HIM.
ANYTHING...
ONLY LET ME BE THERE
TO WATCH IT.
UNCONQUERABLE LEADER
OF DANITES,
DEFENDER
OF THE INVISIBLE GOD.
YOU'RE VERY SILENT,
SAMSON.
I THOUGHT YOU LIKED THE COMPANY
OF PHILISTINES.
HE PREFERS THE COMPANY
OF AN ASS, LORD GENERAL.
THEY HAVE MUCH IN COMMON.
AN ASS IS WISE ENOUGH
TO OBEY HIS MASTER.
YOUR FEET MUST BE TIRED,
SAMSON.
WHY DON'T YOU TRY
WALKING ON YOUR KNEES?
[ WHIP CRACKS ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
STAND, ALL.
STAND, ALL!
WATER BEARERS,
TO THE RANKS.
[ LAUGHTER CONTINUES ]
HEE-HAW!
HEE-HAW!
LET US HEAR YOU PRAY,
SAMSON.
HEE-HAW!
I DOUBT IF PRAYERS
WOULD BE MUCH HELP TO HIM NOW.
HIS REAL STRENGTH
LIES IN RIDDLES.
EXCELLENT,
YOUR EXCELLENCE.
RIDDLES
ARE THE SPORT OF FOOLS.
THEN ANSWER THIS ONE,
SAMSON.
OUT OF DAN
CAME A KILLER OF BEASTS.
WHOSE HEAD WILL PAY
FOR HIS WEDDING FEAST?
[ LAUGHTER ]
HAS THE PLEDGE OF MY PEOPLE
BEEN FULFILLED?
YES, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER
TO THE RIDDLE.
AM I TRULY DELIVERED
INTO YOUR HANDS?
TRULY
AS YOU'RE BOUND BY ROPE.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE LOS YOUR SKILL FOR RIDDLES.
THIS IS THE PLACE OF LEHI.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
EVEN THE SKY
SPEAKS AGAINST HIM.
O LORD, MY GOD, HEAR ME.
GIRD ME FOR BATTLE AGAINS THE SWORDS OF MY ENEMIES.
FORSAKE ME NOT, O LORD,
BUT STRENGTHEN MY ARM
TO DESTROY THE LIONS
WHO'VE SCATTERED THY FLOCKS.
OH, GREAT SKULL,
HEAR ME.
HEE-HAW!
HEE-HAW!
LET THEM SEE THY POWER,
O GOD.
[ THUNDER CRASHING ]
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
THEY PAR LIKE BURNING FLAX!
HIS GOD HAS FREED HIM!
QUICK! TAKE HIM!
ALIVE IF YOU CAN!
USE CHAINS!
[ HORSES NEIGHING ]
LIFT IT, YOU FOOLS.
MY ARM'S PINNED.
SON OF THE DEVIL!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
NEVER DID MORTAL MAN
FIGHT LIKE THIS.
HIS STRENGTH WAS GREATER
THAN ANY INSTRUMENT OF WAR.
AND WHEN HE CALLED
UPON HIS GOD,
THE THUNDER AND THE WHIRLWIND
AND THE LIGHTNING
WERE IN HIS BLOWS.
A HUNDRED KILLED,
PERHAPS A THOUSAND.
THERE WAS NO COUNTING
OF THE SLAIN.
BUT WHAT WEAPON HAD HE?
MORE SHAME TO US --
THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS.
A JESTER'S TOY?
NO SWORD OF IRON
EVER STRUCK SUCH BLOWS.
MEN FELL BEFORE HIM
LIKE WHEAT BEFORE THE SCYTHE.
[ MURMURING ]
HE'S CRAZED.
BUT HAD WE NO HORSES,
NO CHARIOTS TO RIDE HIM DOWN?
HE OVERTURNED CHARIOTS
WITH A SINGLE MOVE.
HE FOUGHT WITHIN A GORGE
SO NARROW
THAT WE TRAMPLED ON THE DYING
TO ATTACK HIM,
AND THOSE BEHIND
PRESSED FORWARD
AND THOSE FORWARD
WERE FORCED BACK
UPON THE BLADES BEHIND THEM.
MY EYES HAVE NEVER SEEN
SUCH A STORM OF DEATH.
AND NOW VULTURES
CIRCLE OVER RAMATH LEHI.
AND SAMSON...
IS GONE UNTO THE HILLS.
TAKE THIS FOOL
AND TEND HIS WOUNDS.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
NOW, WHERE IS
THE LORD AHTUR?
I AM HERE, MIGHTY SARAN.
MIGHTY?
IN WHAT?
CERTAINLY NOT MY ARMY.
HAVE YOU COME TO TELL US
OF YOUR TRIUMPH?
YOUR MESSENGER HAS GIVEN US
A VERY THOROUGH ACCOUNT.
HE EVEN TOLD US HOW YOUR WARRIOR
ZAMATH CHARGED LIKE A LION,
ONLY TO HAVE HIS SKULL
CRUSHED LIKE AN EGG
RIGHT THROUGH HIS HELMET.
AND, UH, WITH WHAT,
HIGH PRINCE AHTUR?
TELL THIS COUNCIL
THE WEAPON USED AGAINST YOU.
WELL? TELL THEM.
SPEAK.
THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS.
[ LAUGHING ]
LORD AHTUR.
MILITARY GOVERNOR OF DAN,
PRINCE OF PHILISTIA,
EMIR OF ARMIES,
BEATEN WITH THE JAWBONE
OF AN ASS.
OUR ARMIES,
THAT SCATTERED THE HITTITES,
THAT SWEPT THE AMORITES
BEFORE THEM,
THAT CUT THROUGH CANAAN
TO CONQUER THE STARS,
THE CIRCLE OF THE EARTH,
BEATEN WITH THE JAWBONE
OF AN ASS.
ARE YOU A SOLIDER
OR A CLOWN COMMANDING FOOLS?
WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF ALL
THE FORCES AT OUR COMMAND?
OF CHARIOTS, 600 HEAVY,
1,000 LIGHT...
500 DROMEDARIES
OF THE SWIFTEST...
2,000 HORSEMEN
WITHOUT THE PALACE GUARD...
3,000 HEAVY-ARMORED SPEARMEN
OF THE ELITE...
8,000 --
YES, YES,
AND WE'RE BEATEN
BY THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS.
AM I, LORD OF THE FIVE CITIES,
TO BE LAUGHED A BEFORE THE WORLD,
BEFORE MY SUBJECT PEOPLES,
BECAUSE A DANITE HERDSMAN
ROUTS MY ARMIES?
DON'T SET THAT DOWN,
YOU FOOL.
BURNS MY CROPS,
PILLAGES CARAVANS AT WILL,
YES, EVEN CARRIES AWAY
THE GATES OF MY CITY!
I ASKED FOR 10,000 MEN TO CRUSH
THESE DANITES FOR ALL TIME.
INSTEAD,
YOU GAVE ME TAX COLLECTORS.
TAXES DELIVERED SAMSON
INTO YOUR HANDS, DIDN'T THEY?
IT WAS YOU
WHO COULDN'T HOLD HIM.
THIS SAMSON
HAS SOME UNKNOWN POWER,
SOME SECRET THAT GIVES HIM
SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH.
NO MAN
CAN STAND AGAINST HIM.
Delilah: PERHAPS HE'LL FALL
BEFORE A WOMAN.
EVEN SAMSON'S STRENGTH
MUST HAVE A WEAKNESS.
THERE ISN'T A MAN
IN THE WORLD
WHO WILL NOT SHARE HIS SECRETS
WITH SOME WOMAN.
[ MEN MURMURING ]
MOST OF US HAVE SHARED OUR GOLD
WITH A WOMAN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
MORE MEN HAVE BEEN TRAPPED
BY SMILES THAN BY ROPE.
YES, YOU TRIED ROPES,
AHTUR.
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD HAVE
SMILED AT HIM.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN,
DELILAH?
WOULD YOU DRIVE A TENT PEG
THROUGH HIS HEAD
LIKE JAEL,
THE CANAANITE?
NO, THAT WAS NOT MY PLAN,
LORD SHARIF.
DELILAH,
DO YOU KNOW A WOMAN
WHO COULD ENTICE THIS BARBARIAN,
THIS KILLER?
YES, MY LORDS,
I CAN DELIVER SAMSON TO YOU.
YOU, DELILAH?
YOU CAPTURE SAMSON?
THIS DEVIL?
HEAVEN PROTECT HER.
A DOVE
AGAINST A BULL.
BRING IN A WOMAN,
AND SHE'LL BRING IN TROUBLE.
SUCH DEVOTION
IS VERY TOUCHING,
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU GAIN
FROM HIS CAPTURE?
MY LORD'S FAVOR.
YOU HAVE THAT.
IS THAT ALL YOU WANT?
NO.
NAME YOUR PRICE,
AND YOU SHALL HAVE IT.
PERHAPS SOME LITTLE BAUBLE
IN THE STREET OF JEWELERS?
[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU'RE VERY GENEROUS.
TELL ME, SOHRAB,
WHAT VALUE DID YOU SE UPON YOUR LAST CARAVAN
SAMSON RAIDED NEAR GATH?
1,100 PIECES OF SILVER.
HERE IS THE RECKONING.
THEN THAT IS MY PRICE --
1,100 PIECES OF SILVER.
Sohrab: 1,100?
YOUR PRICE IS HIGH.
A PHARAOH'S RANSOM
FOR A SHEPHERD?
BETTER SILVER
THAN BLOOD.
WE'LL PAY IT.
1,100 PIECES OF SILVER...
UH, FROM EACH OF YOU.
WHAT?
WHAT?
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
STAND ASIDE, PLEASE.
1,100 PIECES!
I KNOW,
BUT THIS MUST BE RECORDED.
SILENCE!
CALM YOURSELVES.
YOU DRIVE A SHARP BARGAIN,
DELILAH.
FROM YOU, MY LORD,
I ASK ONLY A PROMISE.
A PROMISE FOR A PROMISE?
WHAT IS YOURS?
TO BRING YOU SAMSON
BOUND AND HELPLESS.
BOUND
BY THESE WHITE ARMS?
NO.
TOO HIGH A PRICE
FOR ME TO PAY.
MY THOUGHTS
WILL BE ONLY OF YOU.
I SUGGES THE PRINCESS OF GAZA
FIND SOME OTHER WAY
TO CAPTURE SAMSON.
YOU'VE TRIED
ALL OTHER WAYS.
WHEN MY FATHER AND SISTER
LAY DEAD IN THE ASHES
OF OUR HOME BECAUSE OF SAMSON,
HE LAUGHED AT MY TEARS.
YOU CANNOT REFUSE ME,
MY LORD.
WHAT PROMISE DO YOU ASK?
I WILL LEARN THE SECRE OF HIS STRENGTH.
BUT WHEN HE STANDS CAPTIVE
AND AS WEAK AS OTHER MEN...
NO DROP OF HIS BLOOD
SHALL BE SHED.
NO BLADE
SHALL TOUCH HIS SKIN.
BY THE SACRED PILLARS
OF THE TEMPLE,
WE DEMAND HIS DEATH!
I WANT HIS LIFE.
CHAIN HIM
IN THE GRISTMILL.
LET HIM GRIND OUR GRAIN
LIKE A BEAST.
LET THE PEOPLE MOCK HIM
AND MAKE SPORT OF HIM
UNTIL HE DRAWS HIS BREATH
IN AGONY
AND EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS
IS A PRAYER FOR DEATH.
I'LL PAY YOUR PRICE,
DELILAH.
AND I!
AND I!
YOU'LL GET YOUR SILVER
WHEN WE GET SAMSON.
ALL GAZA
WILL PRAISE YOU.
AND IF YOU SUCCEED,
NO PRICE WILL BE TOO GREAT.
THE COUNCIL IS ENDED.
THINK SHE CAN DO IT?
DELILAH CAN.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
WELL, DELILAH, YOU HAVE
YOUR PRICE AND YOUR PROMISE.
MY LORD IS THE WISEST OF KINGS
AND THE GREATEST OF MEN.
AS A KING,
I HAVE NO CHOICE.
AS A MAN, I'M LETTING YOU LEAVE
BECAUSE YOU WAN TO.
KING OF MY LOVE,
I GO TO DESTROY YOUR ENEMY
AND MINE.
DELILAH, DELILAH.
MY LOVE IS ONLY FOR YOU.
MMM.
A MAN WHO COULD STOP
THE HEART OF A LION
MIGHT STIR
THE HEART OF A WOMAN.
I WILL DELIVER SAMSON TO YOU
BEFORE THE MONTH OF HARVEST.
TAB TAH AZI!
LOOKS LIKE
A RICH MERCHANT.
LOOKS LIKE A PHILISTINE PLUM,
RIPE TO PICK.
RIDE BACK.
TELL AHTUR TO WAI WITH HIS SOLDIERS
BY THE SCORPION'S HILL.
I WILL CAMP
IN THE VALLEY OF SOREK.
YES, MISTRESS.
THEY'LL CAMP BY THE POOL
AT THE TEMPLE RUINS.
WHY DID
THE SOLDIERS LEAVE?
MAYBE THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR US.
JEBUS WILL RUN OFF THE CAMELS
AFTER DARK,
WHILE WE SHEAR
THE OWNERS.
THEY MIGHT SHEAR US.
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU WORRY MORE
THAN MY LITTLE MOTHER.
COME ON.
[ HARP PLAYING ]
DON'T CRY OUT.
I WON'T.
ARE YOU AFRAID?
OF A WOMAN?
YES.
YOUR CARAVAN IS RICH.
[ URN CLANKS ]
EVEN SPARROWS DON'T TRAVEL THIS
FAR FROM THEIR TRADE ROUTES.
WHY DID YOU?
THE JEWEL BOX
IS IN THAT SILVER CHEST.
WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND?
I HAVE NO HUSBAND.
THEN CALL YOUR MASTER.
I HAVE NO MASTER.
THE TABLE'S LAID FOR TWO.
I'M EXPECTING A CALLER.
YES?
WHO?
YOU, SAMSON.
YOU KNOW MY NAME?
ALL GAZA
KNOWS YOUR NAME.
THEY DON'T LIKE IT,
I'M TOLD.
THEY RESPECTED I BEFORE THE MIGHTY SAMSON
BECOME A COMMON ROBBER.
AND DELILAH BECAME
THE GREAT COURTESAN OF GAZA.
I'M STUPID, SAMSON,
TO THINK I COULD DECEIVE YOU.
STEAL WHAT YOU LIKE.
THIS IS NOT STEALING.
THESE ARE TAXES.
YOUR SARAN TAXES US.
I TAX THE PHILISTINES.
WHAT PRETTY DANITE GIRL
WILL WEAR THESE TAXES?
THEY'LL BUY ARMOR.
THEY'LL BUY ARMOR TO PROTECT US
AGAINST PHILISTINE SPEARS.
YOU NEED PROTECTION?
THE WOMAN THAT RULES
THE RULER OF THE FIVE CITIES
MUST HAVE GREAT WEALTH.
WHERE'S THE REST OF IT?
NOT FAR AWAY.
I WILL HIDE NOTHING
FROM YOU.
THE OLDEST TRICK
IN THE WORLD...
A SILK TRAP
BAITED WITH A WOMAN.
DO YOU KNOW A BETTER BAIT,
SAMSON?
MEN ALWAYS RESPOND.
OF ALL THE WOMEN IN GAZA,
WHY DID THE SARAN SEND YOU?
I ASKED TO COME.
WHY?
I KNEW YOU'D YIELD
TO ANY OTHER WOMAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND YOU CAME HERE
TO SAVE ME.
NO.
I CAME TO BETRAY YOU.
BY THE FOUR WINDS,
YOU HAVE COURAGE, DELILAH.
DON'T OVERLOOK THIS.
IT'S A GIF FROM THE SARAN.
YOU COULD BIND A MAN
TIGHTER THAN THE SARAN'S CHAINS.
COULD I BIND YOU?
NO, DELILAH.
YOU'RE GOING BACK
TO THE SARAN
THE ONLY WAY
YOU CAN BE TRUSTED.
OH?
WILL YOU KILL ME YOURSELF?
YOU COULD CRUSH ME
BETWEEN THESE TWO HANDS.
WHY DON'T YOU?
I TOLD YOU ONCE I'D KISS YOU
WITH MY DYING BREATH.
YOUR KISS
HAS THE STING OF DEATH.
I DON'T BELIEVE
YOU COULD KILL ME.
TRY.
YOU'RE AFRAID TO KILL ME.
I'LL LET THE DEVIL DO THAT.
I KNOW YOU WILL,
BUT DON'T MAKE ME
EAT SUPPER ALONE.
[ BELL JINGLES ]
HISHAM.
I'LL GO BACK TO GAZA
AT DAYLIGHT.
YOU'LL LEAVE TONIGHT.
WE'RE LEAVING, HISHAM.
HAVE THE MEN LOAD THE CAMELS.
WHAT CAMELS?
HIS BANDITS STOLE YOUR CAMELS.
THEN HAVE THE DRIVERS
PREPARE A LITTER.
YOU HAVE NO DRIVERS.
THEY RAN TO THE HILLS WHEN THEY
SAW THIS SPAWN OF THE DEVIL.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HOW CAN I GO, SAMSON?
I'LL HAVE YOUR CAMELS
BROUGHT BACK.
WHY NOT BRING THEM YOURSELF
TOMORROW?
BECAUSE
WHEN MY BACK'S TURNED,
YOU'LL SEND
FOR AHTUR'S SOLDIERS.
I COULDN'T SEND FOR ANYONE
IF YOU WERE WITH ME.
HISHAM,
POUR THE WINE.
POUR IT FOR ONE.
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR TASTE
FOR WINE, SAMSON?
I'VE GOT THAT I WANT.
YOU'RE ALL I WANT.
YOU...
...DAUGHTER OF HELL.
SEVEN GREEN WITHES
FOR OUR SEVEN DAYS, SAMSON.
STOP TRYING TO BE A FISH!
LET ME TRY THEM ON YOU.
THE LAST PEOPLE WHO TRIED
DROWNING DANITES
ENDED UP
BENEATH THE RED SEA.
OH, NO, NO, SAMSON.
THAT WATER'S TOO WET!
COME UP HERE
AND HELP ME WITH THESE.
I HAVE MY HANDS FULL
WITH YOU.
WHAT DO YOU WAN WITH THOSE GREEN WITHES?
PLANNING TO SNARE
A RABBIT?
NO...A LION.
WITH THOSE?
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M WEAVING YOU A CROWN.
[ LAUGHS ] A LION
WITH LILIES IN HIS MANE?
HOLD THESE.
THIS CROWN
WILL HAVE A SECRET POWER.
FOR ITS WEARER
OR ITS WEAVER?
ONLY A SECRE CAN BUY A SECRET.
I HAVE NO SECRETS
LEFT TO TELL.
NO?
YOU NEVER TOLD ME WHY YOU ARE
STRONGER THAN OTHER MEN.
IS IT SOME HERB
YOU MIX IN YOUR FOOD
OR SOME CHARMED OIL
YOU RUB INTO YOUR BODY?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF YOU KNEW THE SECRE OF MY STRENGTH?
BIND YOU.
WHY?
SO YOU COULD
NEVER LEAVE ME.
I COULDN'T ESCAPE YOU
IF YOU BOUND ME
WITH THESE SEVEN GREEN REEDS.
COULD SEVEN LITTLE GREEN WITHES
HOLD SAMSON?
THESE GREEN WITHES ARE
MUCH STRONGER THAN THEY LOOK.
HOLD THEM TIGHT.
SEE?
IF YOU BOUND ME WITH
THESE SEVEN LITTLE WITHES,
I'D BE AS WEAK
AS ANY OTHER MAN.
TRULY?
TRY IT.
POOR SAMSON,
HE'LL BE HELPLESS...
LED ON A LEASH,
THE SLAVE OF A WOMAN.
WELL, THAT KNOT THERE
WOULDN'T --
THAT WOULDN'T EVEN HOLD
A SPARROW.
TIE IT DOUBLE.
NOW YOU'RE MY PRISONER.
OR ARE YOU MINE?
SAMSON, THE PHILISTINES
ARE UPON YOU.
AAH!
[ LAUGHING ]
I OUGHT TO BREAK THIS
OVER YOUR LYING LITTLE SKULL.
BUT IT WAS A PHILISTINE.
YOU COULD TEACH
THE DEVIL NEW TRICKS.
WELL,
YOU TRIED TO CHEAT ME.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
DELILAH --
NO, I WILL NOT LISTEN.
BUT YOU ASKED ME --
I DON'T WANT TO
HEAR YOU.
THREE TIMES
YOU'VE PLAGUED ME TO TELL YOU.
AND THREE TIMES
YOU'VE LIED TO ME.
YOU SAID NEW ROPES
THAT HAD NEVER BEEN USED
WOULD HOLD YOU.
WHO KNOWS THE STRENGTH OF A ROPE
THAT'S NEVER BEEN USED?
THEN YOU TOLD ME
YOUR STRENGTH WOULD GO
IF I WOVE YOUR HAIR
INTO THE WEB OF MY LOOM.
NOW LOOK AT MY LOOM.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I'D RATHER LOOK AT YOU.
OH!
IT'S NO USE, SAMSON.
YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND A NEW TRICK
TO DECEIVE ME.
THE NIGHT I CAME
TO THE VALLEY OF SOREK,
YOU WANTED TO
SEND ME AWAY.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
IT IS BETTER THAT I GO.
DELILAH.
DELILAH...
ONCE YOUR FATHER OFFERED YOU
TO ME IN MARRIAGE.
I REMEMBER
WHAT YOU CALLED ME.
NEVER MIND
WHAT I SAID THEN.
WILL YOU MARRY ME NOW?
THERE ARE TOO MANY LIES
BETWEEN US.
YOU STILL FEAR ME
MORE THAN YOU LOVE ME.
I DON'T FEAR YOU ENOUGH.
YOU DON'T TRUST ME ENOUGH.
I LOVE YOU ENOUGH.
THEN...
THEN TELL ME THE SECRE OF YOUR STRENGTH.
MY STRENGTH?
MY STRENGTH IS...
NO, SAMSON, NO!
I DON'T WANT TO BE ARMED
WITH A WEAPON TO DESTROY YOU.
WEAPON?
IT WOULDN'T BE A WEAPON
IF YOU REALLY LOVED ME.
OH, SAMSON.
SAMSON!
HOW CAN THERE BE
ANY DOUBT LEFT IN YOU?
IF THERE IS,
I'LL END IT NOW.
LOOK ABOUT YOU, DELILAH.
THE MOON THAT LIGHTS THIS OASIS
BY NIGH AND THE SUN THAT LIGHTS I BY DAY
ARE NOT THERE BY CHANCE.
IN THE BEGINNING,
THERE WAS ONLY DARKNESS,
UNTIL ONE POWER CREATED LIGH AND SHAPED THE EARTH
AND ALL THE THINGS
THAT LIVE UPON IT.
YOUR INVISIBLE GOD.
MY STRENGTH COMES FROM HIM.
BUT HOW DOES
HIS POWER REACH YOU?
IS HE HERE WITH US NOW?
HE'S EVERYWHERE --
IN THE WIND,
IN THE SEA, IN THE FIRE.
IN YOUR HEAR IF YOU BELIEVE IN HIM.
HIS IS THE ONLY POWER
IN THE WORLD
THAT CAN BREAK OPEN
A SEED
AND RAISE I INTO THAT GREAT TREE.
AND CAN I SHARE
THIS POWER WITH YOU?
ANYONE CAN SHARE IT.
IT'S A GIFT THAT MAKES MEN
GREATER THAN THEMSELVES.
WITH IT, SOME CAN STIR THE SOUL
WITH MUSIC.
OTHERS CAN READ THE TRUTH IN
MEN'S HEARTS AND FORGIVE THEM.
TO ME, IT'S THE STRENGTH
TO BREAK ANY BONDS
THAT CAN BE PUT UPON ME.
AND WILL YOU ALWAYS HAVE
THIS STRENGTH?
AS LONG AS I KEEP FAITH
WITH THE ALMIGHTY.
A LONG TIME AGO,
I WAS DEDICATED TO HIM.
MANY OF THE VOWS I'VE BROKEN,
BUT ONE I'VE KEPT.
A VOW
HAS MADE YOU STRONG?
IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
DO YOU REMEMBER
THE LION I KILLED?
I'LL NEVER FORGET.
THE STRENGTH OF THE LION
MAKES HIM KING OF BEASTS.
AND THE GREAT RUFF OF HIS MANE
IS THE MARK OF HIS POWER.
GO ON, SAMSON.
MEN OF THE DESERT KNOW
THAT THE LONG FLOWING MANE
OF THE STALLION
IS THE MARK OF HIS POWER.
AMONG MY PEOPLE,
THEY SAY THAT THE STRONGEST RAM
HAS THE HEAVIEST WOOL,
BUT CLIP THE MARK
OF HIS POWER -- SHEAR HIM --
AND HE BECOMES
A THING TO LAUGH AT.
THE SHIELD OF HIS STRENGTH
IS GONE.
YOU'VE SEEN THE EAGLE
CLIMB THE SKY,
BUT PLUCK THE TWO PRIME FEATHERS
FROM THE TIP OF ONE WING,
AND THE MIGHTY EAGLE
CAN NO LONGER FLY.
THE MARK OF HIS POWER
IS GONE.
THE MARK OF HIS POWER.
SAMSON...
THIS IS THE MARK
OF YOUR
POWER.
IT'S YOUR HAIR.
IF IT WERE SHORN
FROM YOUR HEAD...
I'D BE AS WEAK
AS ANY OTHER MAN.
YOU BELIEVE
THAT THIS GREAT GOD OF YOURS
HAS GIVEN YOU YOUR POWER
THROUGH YOUR HAIR?
YOU DO BELIEVE THAT,
DON'T YOU?
FROM THE BEGINNING,
MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME SO.
YOUR POWER
IS IN YOUR HAIR.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL POWER
IT IS.
LOOK HOW IT CURLS
AROUND MY FINGER.
BLACK AS A RAVEN'S WING
AND WILD AS A
STORM.
SHALL I PULL IT OU AND STEAL YOUR POWER?
YOU CANNOT STEAL
WHAT'S YOURS ALREADY.
COME WITH ME TO EGYPT.
WE'LL NOT BE DANITE
AND PHILISTINE THERE,
ONLY SAMSON AND DELILAH.
IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE,
THE AIR WILL BE SWEE WITH MYRRH,
AND ONLY THE FLIGHT OF THE IBIS
WILL DARKEN THE
SKY.
WILL YOU COME WITH ME?
MY EYES COULD NEVER FIND
MORE BEAUTY
THAN THEY SEE IN YOU.
THROUGH AIL ETERNITY,
NOTHING CAN EVER TAKE YOU
OUT OF MY ARMS.
SAMSON.
Samson: MIRIAM.
SAUL.
MIRIAM,
YOU BRING BAD NEWS?
LET ME TALK
WITH YOU ALONE.
SAUL,
FILL THE WATER BOTTLE.
IN THE TENT.
MY MOTHER --
HOW DID YOU LEAVE HER?
CHAINED TO A POS AND WHIPPED.
PHILISTINE SWINE.
HERE. MY FATHER?
STONED.
THEY ARE KILLING AND BURNING
IN EVERY VILLAGE.
THE FIRSTBORN IN EVERY HOME
IS PUT TO THE SWORD.
WHILE THIS WOMAN OF SOREK
MAKES YOU DRUNK WITH HER KISSES,
THE PHILISTINES
MURDER YOUR PEOPLE.
YOU ARE FAILING
INTO AHTUR'S NET, SAMSON.
THE PHILISTINES STRIKE
AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE TO GET YOU.
YOUR MOTHER
CRIES YOUR NAME, SAMSON.
WE'LL GO. I'LL SADDLE A BEAS FOR YOU TO RIDE.
DON'T GO, SAMSON.
THIS MILK-FACED GIRL
WITH HER COW'S EYES
WILL LEAD YOU
TO YOUR DEATH.
YOU LOVE HIM.
WOMEN CANNOT DECEIVE
EACH OTHER.
IT IS IN YOUR FACE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM.
YOU WANT HIM FOR YOURSELF.
YES, I LOVE HIM.
IN HIS FACE, I SEE
ALL THAT IS STRONG AND GOOD.
HIS NAME IS LIKE A CRY OF HOPE
FOR US.
I'VE DREAMED THAT SOMEDAY SAMSON
WOULD TAKE ME FOR HIS WIFE,
BUT HE'S NEVER LOOKED UPON ME
AS A WOMAN.
HIS FACE...HIS NAME...
SHADOWS ON THE WALL.
YOU THINK THAT IS LOVE?
YOU WORSHIP HIM WITH PRAYERS
AND DOWNCAST EYES.
I LOVE HIM AS A MAN
OF FLESH AND BLOOD.
HE IS NOT LEAVING YOU
FOR ME.
THERE IS A HIGHER VOICE
THAT SPEAKS THROUGH HIM,
AND HE WILL ALWAYS ANSWER
ITS CALL.
EVEN YOUR TREACHEROUS BEAUTY
CANNOT TURN HIM FROM IT.
I CANNOT FIGH AGAINST HIS GOD,
BUT NO WOMAN
WILL TAKE HIM FROM ME.
Samson: MIRIAM.
HISHAM.
HISHAM.
HISHAM.
PLAY MUSIC.
WATER BOTTLES FILLED?
YES, SAMSON.
COME ON.
Delilah: SAMSON.
SAMSON,
DON'T TURN BACK.
SAMSON.
GO ON WITH SAUL.
I'LL OVERTAKE YOU.
AW, SAMSON.
DON'T WORRY, MIRIAM.
HE'LL KEEP HIS WORD.
YOU CALLED?
THE WINE OF PARTING
IS BITTER, SAMSON.
NOT AS BITTER AS BLOOD.
YOU CANNOT WIPE AWAY
SUCH LOVE AS I HAVE GIVEN YOU
WITHOUT EVEN A FAREWELL.
I HAVE A NEW DEB TO PAY THE PHILISTINES.
THEN I'LL COME TO YOU
IN EGYPT.
NO, SAMSON.
I'VE LOST YOU.
DRAIN THIS CUP...
...AS YOU HAVE DRAINED
MY HEART.
YOU ALWAYS DOUBT ME,
DON'T YOU?
AND ALWAYS LOVE YOU.
I'LL FIND YOU, DELILAH,
WHEREVER YOU GO.
NO, SAMSON.
YOU BELONG TO MIRIAM.
SHE'S THE GOOD IN YOU.
I'M THE WEAKNESS...
THE LOVE
THAT WOULD ENSLAVE YOU.
I'LL NEVER BE FREE OF YOU,
DELILAH.
LET ME FEEL THE STRENGTH
OF YOUR ARMS ABOUT ME.
WHEN YOU ARE GONE,
MY ARMS WILL BE EMPTY.
MY WORLD WILL BE EMPTY.
TELL LORD AHTUR'S
MESSENGER...
I HAVE THE SECRET.
SAMSON.
SAMSON, THE PHILISTINES
ARE UPON YOU.
I'LL GO OUT AGAINST THEM.
I'LL --
LOOK AT HIS HAIR,
CAPTAIN.
THE LION OF DAN
IS SHORN LIKE A SHEEP,
A LION?
WITHOUT A MANE?
CLEAN
AS A NEW-MOWN FIELD.
SHE MUST HAVE USED A SICKLE
ON HIM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
DELILAH'S PLUCKED HIM
LIKE A CHICKEN.
I'VE TAKEN AWAY
YOUR STRENGTH, SAMSON.
YOUR LITTLE DANITE SPARROW
WILL NEST ALONE.
YOU PHILISTINE GUTTER RAT.
HEY. HEY.
THROW YOUR SPEARS.
THE SHIELD OF MY GOD
IS GONE FROM ME.
WHAT DO YOU FEAR?
MY BLOOD WILL FLOW
AS RED AS YOURS.
ALL GAZA WILL HONOR THE MAN
WHO BRINGS BACK MY HEAD.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KILL YOU,
SAMSON.
YOU DANITES
NEED A LIVING REMINDER
OF THE PRICE OF REVOLT.
BIND HIM.
CALL ON YOUR GOD,
SAMSON.
I'VE BETRAYED HIM.
HE WOULD NOT HEAR ME.
ARE YOU NOT STRONGER
THAN A HUNDRED MEN?
YOU CANNOT CARRY AWAY
THE GATES OF GAZA AGAIN.
YOU CANNOT KILL
A LION NOW.
YOU'RE WEAK
AS ANY OTHER MAN.
STAND HIM
AGAINST THAT POLE.
HISHAM,
WE LEAVE FOR GAZA.
YOU'VE DONE WELL,
DELILAH.
NO BLADE
SHALL TOUCH HIS SKIN.
NO DROP OF HIS BLOOD
SHALL BE SHED.
COURIER, TAKE WORD
TO THE LORD OF THE FIVE CITIES
THAT DELILAH
HAS KEPT HER BARGAIN.
YES, MY LORD.
THE PRINCES OF GAZA
WILL KEEP THEIRS.
YOU SHALL HAVE
YOUR PAYMENT.
PAYMENT.
YOUR ARMS WERE QUICKSAND.
YOUR KISS WAS DEATH.
THE NAME "DELILAH"
WILL BE AN EVERLASTING CURSE
ON THE LIPS OF MEN.
BAH!
I COULD HAVE LOVED YOU
WITH A FIRE
TO MAKE ALL OTHER LOVES
SEEM LIKE ICE.
I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH YOU
TO EGYPT,
LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND,
LIVED ONLY FOR YOU.
BUT ONE CALL
FROM THE MILK-FACED DANITE LILY,
AND YOU RUN WHINING
AT HER HEELS.
NO MAN LEAVES DELILAH.
LOOK AT HER, SAMSON.
LOOK WELL AND REMEMBER
THE PERFUME OF HER HAIR,
THE SOFTNESS
OF HER LIPS,
THE FIRE OF HER EMBRACE.
SATAN HIMSELF TAUGHT HER
ALL THE ARTS OF DECEPTION.
IT'S EASIER TO CATCH
THE MOONLIGH THAN TO HOLD
SUCH A WOMAN.
WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH,
YOU'RE A FOOL, SAMSON.
YOU TRUSTED DELILAH.
REMEMBER HER BEAUTY
AND NEVER FORGET HER TREACHERY.
BURN HER IMAGE
INTO YOUR MEMORY, SAMSON.
SHE'S THE LAST THING
YOU'LL EVER SEE.
BIND HIS HEAD
TO THE POLE.
SET IT HERE.
IF YOU CANNOT SEE US,
YOU CANNOT HARM US.
IF I HAVE NO STRENGTH
TO FIGHT YOU,
I WILL NEED NO EYES
TO FIND YOU.
O LORD...
MY EYES DID TURN AWAY FROM YOU
TO LOOK UPON THE FLESHPOTS
OF MY ENEMIES.
NOW YOU TAKE AWAY MY SIGH THAT I MAY SEE AGAIN
MORE CLEARLY.
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
DON'T LET THE BLADE
TOUCH HIS SKIN.
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
1,100.
1,100 PIECES OF SILVER
AND MY GRATITUDE.
YOU GRATITUDE
MATCHES YOUR GENEROSITY.
THANK YOU.
THE BLESSING OF DAGON.
I HOPE THE COUN IS CORRECT.
OH, IT IS, IT IS.
IF YOU STILL HAVE
THE SAME SHEARS, DELILAH,
MY HAIR'S
RATHER LONG.
SOMETIME YOU MIGHT BAIT A TRAP
FOR ME, DELILAH.
CAN YOU BELIEVE SAMSON'S
STRENGTH WAS IN HIS HAIR?
WHEREVER IT WAS,
HE HASN'T GOT IT NOW.
[ CHUCKLES ]
VIRTUE IS NOT OFTEN
SO WELL REWARDED.
HMM.
MY GREATEST REWARD
WAS IN SERVING MY KING.
WHILE YOU WERE LEARNING
THE SECRET OF SAMSON'S STRENGTH,
DID HE PERHAPS LEARN
THE SECRET OF YOUR LOVE?
WOULD I HAVE
BETRAYED HIM THEN?
MEN HAVE BEEN
BETRAYED BY LOVE.
LOVE AND HATE ARE BUT TWO SIDES
OF THE SAME COIN.
MY THOUGHTS
WERE ONLY OF YOU.
NO MAN WITH EYES
COULD RESIST YOU, DELILAH.
BUT ONLY A FOOL
WOULD TRUST YOU.
WHY SHOULD YOU
DOUBT ME?
YOU'VE NOT SEEN SAMSON GRINDING
AT THE MILLSTONE?
NO.
THEN COME
TO THE PRISON HOUSE.
NO.
SUPPOSE WE GO TOGETHER.
GARMISKAR
WILL GUARD YOUR FORTUNE.
[ CLANKING, GRINDING ]
COME ON, COME ON!
Man: GRINDSTONE FOR YOU.
FLOUR...
Man #2: A HAND
FOR THE LION KILLER.
DELILAH'S PUT A MILLSTONE
'ROUND HIS NECK.
GRIND HIS BODY
WITH THE GRAIN!
BEAT HIM WITH THE JAWBONE
OF AN ASS!
HE BURNED OUR CROPS!
HANG HIM!
BEHOLD THE LION OF DAN!
[ LAUGHTER ]
HE'S MAGNIFICENT,
EVEN IN CHAINS.
BEND YOUR BACK,
YOU TWO-LEGGED MULE!
MAKE HIM SWEAT!
BREAK THOSE CHAINS, DANITE!
SAMSON WAS TAMED
BY A WOMAN.
AND PROBABLY WORTH IT.
HE STILL LOOKS
STRONG AS AN OX.
HE'D LOOK A WHOLE LOT STRONGER
IF HE HADN'T MET DELILAH.
BY THEIR YELPS,
YOU'D THINK THEY FELLED
THE LION THEMSELVES.
HE HAS NOT DARED
TO LOOK A ME.
HE CANNOT SEE YOU.
I'LL MAKE HIM SEE ME.
[ GASPS ]
HE'S BLIND.
HE CAN NEVER SEE ME
AGAIN.
DOES THAT DISTURB YOU?
I HAD YOUR PROMISE.
NO BLADE
HAS TOUCHED HIS SKIN.
NO DROP OF HIS BLOOD
WAS SHED.
YOU -- YOU PLAYED WITH WORDS
TO ROB HIM OF HIS EYES.
IT WAS YOU WHO BETRAYED HIM,
NOT I.
HE WAS CAPTIVE,
IN CHAINS,
YET THE LORD OF THE FIVE CITIES
COULD NOT SHOW HIM MERCY?
DID YOU SHOW HIM MERCY,
DELILAH?
YOU WANTED VENGEANCE.
YOU HAVE IT.
MAJESTY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOUR ENEMIES
FALL AT YOUR FEET.
GET UP!
[ WHIP CRACKS ]
[ LAUGHTER CONTINUES ]
OH, LET ME LEAVE!
WATER.
WATER.
HERE'S YOUR WATER.
BEG FOR IT.
THIRSTY, SAMSON?
LET HIM DRINK
FROM A TROUGH!
[ LAUGHTER ]
WATER.
HERE'S DRINK
FOR A JACKASS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HOW DID YOU LOSE
YOUR HAIR, SAMSON?
WATER.
LAP IT UP.
NOW TURN THAT WHEEL.
[ Voice breaking ]
I WILL NOT SEE HIM THIRST.
GIVE HIM WATER.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MASTER
IN A KINGDOM OR A WOMAN'S HEART.
UNTIL YOU SAW HIM LIKE THIS,
YOU COULD NOT FORGET HIM.
FORGET HIM?
HERE'S YOUR WATER.
EVERY CUP OF WATER,
EVERY MORSEL OF FOOD,
MUST BE GUIDED
INTO HIS HANDS.
THE MIGHTY SAMSON,
BETRAYED BY A WOMAN.
NO.
BLINDED, RIDICULED,
PITIED.
NO, I DID NOT BLIND HIM!
ARE YOU GOING TO BE
AS BIG A FOOL
AS YOU'VE MADE OF HIM?
HE'D KILL YOU.
[ GRINDING RESUMES ]
YOU CANNOT UNDO
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
Saran: YOU CANNOT UNDO
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
MY EYES COULD NEVER FIND
MORE BEAUTY
THAN THEY SEE IN YOU.
YOU CANNOT UNDO
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
I CAN! I CAN!
[ SOBS ]
'ROUND AND 'ROUND,
DAY AFTER DAY,
MONTH AFTER MONTH.
HE NEVER STOPS!
I'M BEING CRUSHED LIKE THE GRAIN
BENEATH THE STONE.
THIS NIGHT MUST END SOMETIME.
O GOD OF SAMSON, HELP ME.
[ SOBBING ]
HE SAID YOU ARE EVERYWHERE,
THAT YOU ARE ALMIGHTY.
HEAR ME.
GIVE BACK THE LIGHT TO HIS EYES.
TAKE MY SIGHT FOR HIS.
O GOD OF SAMSON...
HELP ME.
Man in distance:
LAST WATCH OF THE NIGHT.
ALL'S QUIE WITHIN THE CITY GATES.
SAMSON LIES CHAINED
IN THE PRISON HOUSE.
ALL IS WELL.
HOW LONG WILL YOU FORGET ME,
O LORD?
HOW LONG WILL YOUR HAND
BE SET AGAINST ME?
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
I CALL OU THROUGH THE LONG NIGHTS,
BUT YOU DO NOT HEAR ME.
O LORD, GOD OF MY FATHERS,
THEY CALLED UNTO YOU
AND WERE DELIVERED.
DO NOT FORSAKE ME, O LORD.
HISHAM, WAIT OUTSIDE
WITH THE GUARD.
LET NO ONE COME IN.
DON'T GO NEAR HIM,
MISTRESS.
HE'LL TEAR YOU
TO PIECES.
O LORD, GOD OF MY FATHERS...
O LORD,
I'M DESPISED BY ALL MEN.
THEY MOCK ME,
SAYING, "HE TRUSTED HIS GOD
TO DELIVER HIM."
YOU ARE MY GOD.
BE NOT FAR FROM ME,
FOR THERE IS
NO OTHER HELP.
MY STRENGTH
HAS MELTED LIKE WAX.
MY HEART IS DRY OF HOPE.
I'M BLINDED AND AMONG ENEMIES.
O LORD, O MY STRENGTH,
SEND ME YOUR SIGN.
ARE YOU FLESH AND BLOOD,
OR AN ANGEL OF THE LORD?
WHO ARE YOU?
I HEARD YOUR PRAYER.
I PRAYED
FOR AN ANGEL OF THE LORD,
AND THE DEVIL
SENT ME YOU.
ALL I WAN IS TO COMFORT YOU.
LET ME COME NEAR YOU.
YOU WERE NEAR ME
IN THE VALLEY OF SOREK,
TRADING MY LOVE
FOR PHILISTINE SILVER.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE I'D GIVE
MY LIFE TO UNDO WHAT I'VE DONE?
I BELIEVED YOU ONCE.
YOU SOLD MY SIGHT.
I ULD ENDURE
YOUR HATRED, SAMSON,
IF IT WOULD BRING BACK
YOUR SIGHT.
LET ME BE YOUR EYES.
THROUGH MY EYES,
YOU WILL SEE AGAIN.
THROUGH
ALL THE LONG DARKNESS,
I PRAYED THAT YOU'D BE DELIVERED
INTO MY HANDS.
I'M HERE.
I WILL NOT CRY OUT.
GOD HAS NOT FORSAKEN ME.
HIS WILL BE DONE.
SAMSON! SAMSON!
YOUR CHAINS --
THEY'RE BROKEN.
MERCIFUL GOD.
YOUR STRENGTH
HAS COME BACK.
YOUR GOD HAS ANSWERED YOU.
HE'S HEARD MY VOICE
IN THE DARKNESS.
HE'S MADE YOU FREE.
NO CHAINS
CAN BIND YOU AGAIN.
HISHAM WILL FIND
THE SWIFTEST CAMELS IN GAZA.
MY SILVER WILL OPEN THE GATES
THAT BAR YOUR WAY.
BY NIGHTFALL, WE'LL BE
IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS.
THE ALMIGHTY DID NO GIVE BACK MY STRENGTH
TO RUN FROM MY ENEMIES.
YOU CANNOT FIGH WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE.
I'LL GO OUT AGAINST THEM
AS I DID BEFORE.
A HUNDRED SPEARS
WILL CUT YOU DOWN
BEFORE YOU REACH
THE GATE.
I WOULD HUNT DOWN
THEIR KING
WHEN I CANNOT EVEN FIND
THE DOOR?
LET ME BE THE LAMP THAT GOES
BEFORE YOU IN THE NIGHT.
O LORD MY GOD,
SHOW ME THE WAY WHEREIN TO WALK.
SHOW ME THE THING
I MUST DO.
IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE,
WE'LL BE SAFE.
WE'LL BE TOGETHER.
O JUDGE OF THE EARTH,
DO NOT LET ME FORGIVE HER.
MY ARMS
WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN.
AND PUT THE FOOD IN MY MOUTH?
THE CUP TO MY LIPS?
WHEN YOUR HEART IS LIGHT,
I WILL SHARE YOUR LAUGHTER.
WHEN YOU DESPAIR,
MY EYES WILL SHED YOUR TEARS.
AND WHEN I CURSE YOU
FOR MY DARKNESS?
I WILL KNEEL
AND ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS.
VENGEANCE IS YOURS,
O LORD.
STRIKE HER.
DESTROY HER...
FOR I CANNOT.
MY LOVE, MY LOVE.
DELILAH.
DELILAH.
WHEN MY EYES COULD SEE,
I WAS BLIND.
OH, SAMSON.
WE MUST HURRY.
THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE YOU
TO THE TEMPLE.
THE TEMPLE?
IS IT TODAY?
YES. IN A FEW HOURS,
THEY WILL COME FOR YOU.
ALL GAZA WILL BE THERE --
THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE.
MIND THE STEPS.
THE GREAT IDOL DAGON
WILL BE A FIERY FURNACE.
THEY'LL HUMBLE YOU
BEFORE HIM.
THEY'LL BIND YOU
BETWEEN THE TWO SACRED COLUMNS
AND SCOURGE YOU.
TWO COLUMNS?
DOES THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE
STAND ON TWO COLUMNS?
OH, HURRY, SAMSON.
EGYPT HAS A THOUSAND TEMPLES,
EACH MORE BEAUTIFUL
--
TWO COLUMNS SO CLOSE
I MAY BE BOUND BETWEEN THEM?
YES, AND SCOURGED.
COME. BY MIDDAY, WE CAN BE
AT THE SPRING OF YUNIS
WITH EGYP ALMOST IN SIGHT.
I WILL STAY HERE,
DELILAH.
THEY'LL DRAG YOU DOWN,
MAKE YOU KNEEL
BEFORE THEIR IDOL.
OH, SAMSON, WHY?
THE POWER OF THE LORD
IS IN MY STRENGTH, DELILAH.
DO NOT ENTER
THEIR TEMPLE TODAY.
[ FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING
AND TALKING ]
MIRIAM, LOOK.
IT'S THEIR GOD, DAGON.
WE SHOULDN'T LOOK
AT HIM.
WE CAME TO SEE THEIR KING,
NOT THEIR IDOL.
Crowd: [ Chanting ]
DELILAH! DELILAH!
DELILAH! DELILAH!
DELILAH! DELILAH!
WITH A QUEEN LIKE YOU
IN EKRON,
I COULD MASTER
THE EARTH.
IF YOU COULD MASTER
DELILAH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
MY LORD OF GAZA,
WE HAVE DANCERS IN ASHKELON.
I CAME TO SEE SAMSON.
YES, LET THIS DANITE CLOWN
MAKE SPORT FOR US.
WHAT SPORT CAN YOU FIND
IN THE STUMBLING OF A BLIND MAN?
THIS IS YOUR DAY
OF TRIUMPH, DELILAH.
ALL GAZA HAS COME
TO SEE SAMSON
HUMBLED AT YOUR FEET.
BRING HIM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THEY LOOK LIKE DANITES.
THEY ARE DANITES.
DANITES COME
TO WORSHIP DAGON, EH?
NO. WE'VE COME TO SPEAK
WITH YOUR KING.
LET GO OF US.
LET GO.
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
DAGON HAS DELIVERED
SAMSON OUR ENEMY INTO OUR HANDS.
CALL HIM FORTH
THAT HE MAY FEEL
THE MIGHT OF DAGON.
THERE HE IS.
I CAN SEE HIM.
WHERE IS HE?
THERE HE IS.
[ SHOUTING ]
WHERE'S YOUR GOD NOW,
SAMSON?
HE LEFT HIS GOD
FOR A PEACOCK.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HUMBLE HIM!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
MAKE THE BLIND OX DANCE!
BY THE HORNS OF NANNAR,
HE'S A MAN OF IRON.
HE STILL LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH
TO KILL A LION.
I WISH
I'D CAPTURED HIM.
SAMSON.
SAMSON!
AFTER HIM!
[ LAUGHTER ]
RUN, RABBIT, RUN!
[ LAUGHTER ]
SAMSON!
LET THE HOPPING TOAD
LEAD THE BLIND BEAR.
LITTLE SHEPHERD,
STILL FOLLOWING HIS LOST SHEEP.
LEAD HIM, BOY.
YES.
LET ME FEEL THE PILLARS
UPON WHICH THE TEMPLE STANDS.
NO. GET OU WHERE THEY CAN SEE YOU.
W-WE'VE COME
TO TAKE YOU HOME.
MIRIAM IS --
NO, SAUL.
THERE'S NO HOME FOR A LEADER
WHO FAILS HIS PEOPLE.
THEY'LL ALWAYS FOLLOW YOU,
SAMSON.
I'VE LED THEM
A CROOKED PATH,
AND A BLIND MAN
CANNOT TRAVEL BY THE STARS.
PERHAPS SOMEDAY
YOU WILL GUIDE THEM, SAUL --
JOIN THEM TOGETHER
AND BE THEIR FIRST KING.
ME? A KING?
Man:
GET ON WITH THE SPORT!
I HEAR MANY VOICES.
IS THE TEMPLE FILLED?
PACKED LIKE WHEA IN A SHOCK.
THEN GO.
I'VE GOT MY SLING
ON MY HEAD.
WE COULD FIGH OUR WAY OUT.
NO, SAUL.
TAKE MIRIAM
AND LEAVE THE TEMPLE.
BUT, SAMSON --
LET THE SPORT BEGIN.
LORD SARAN,
MAJESTY, HEAR ME!
FREE THE GIRL.
LET HER COME.
MAJESTY.
YOU ARE A KING,
A CONQUEROR.
I ASK MERCY.
MERCY?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
I ASK MERCY FOR A BLIND
AND HELPLESS MAN.
LOOK AT HIM.
HE CANNOT HARM YOU NOW.
HE HAS LOST EVERYTHING
BUT THE LOVE OF HIS PEOPLE.
LET ME TAKE HIM
BACK TO THEM.
HAVE MERCY, GREAT KING.
FOR HIS STRENGTH,
I ADMIRE SAMSON.
FOR HIS REVOLT,
I PUNISH HIM.
FOR THE LOVE OF HIS PEOPLE,
I ENVY HIM.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY,
HE'S NOT MY PRISONER.
HE WAS NOT CAPTURED
BY FORCE OF ARMS,
BUT BY THEIR SOFTNESS.
HIS CONQUEROR IS HERE.
IF SHE WISHES
TO GIVE HIM TO YOU,
SHE HAS MY PERMISSION.
ONCE,
IN THE VALLEY OF SOREK,
YOU SAID YOU LOVED HIM.
THEN SET HIM FREE.
IF THERE IS LOVE IN YOU,
LET ME TAKE HIM BACK
TO HIS PEOPLE.
WHAT WHIMPERING LIES
DO YOU TELL OUR KING?
YOU WANT HIM
FOR YOURSELF.
YOU WANT TO FEEL THE STRENGTH
OF HIS ARMS ABOUT YOU,
TO HOLD HIM CLOSE
AND COMFORT HIM.
YOU WANT TO BEAR HIM
CHILDREN.
I'D RATHER SEE HIM DEAD
THAN IN YOUR ARMS.
TAKE HER AWAY.
GUARD.
HAVE MERCY,
GREAT KING.
MERCY FOR SAMSON!
YOUR MERCY IS LIKE
YOUR LOVE, DELILAH --
RUTHLESS.
[ CHEERING ]
WHERE'S YOUR JAWBONE,
SAMSON?
HE'LL GET NO HONEY
FROM THOSE BEES.
THE MONKEY MEN
WILL CUT HIM DOWN.
THEY ARE DEVILS.
NO, THEY'RE VERY HUMAN.
THE WEAK ALWAYS BAND TOGETHER
TO PULL DOWN THE STRONG.
YOUR LION
HAS BECOME A MOUSE.
CHANGED
BY THE MAGIC OF LOVE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
GARMISKAR!
GARMISKAR!
Crowd: [ Chanting ]
GARMISKAR! GARMISKAR!
GARMISKAR! GARMISKAR!
MAKE HIM BEG FOR MERCY!
WHIP HIM
TO THE GOD'S FEET.
HE WILL NEVER KNEEL
TO DAGON.
THERE'S GREAT PERSUASION
AT THE END OF A WHIP.
NO WHIP
WILL BREAK HIS SPIRIT.
EITHER HE KNEELS TO DAGON
OR HE DIES BEFORE HIM.
IS THIS RELIGIOUS ZEAL,
AHTUR?
NO, HIGH MAJESTY --
SATISFACTION.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW?
LITTLE SPIDERS
WEAVE THEIR WEB.
THE LITTLE FISH
HAVE CAUGHT A WHALE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Man: LOOK.
LOOK AT DELILAH.
I WILL GO TO HIM.
IF YOU GO TO HIM,
YOU CANNOT COME BACK
TO ME.
Crowd: [ Chanting ]
DELILAH!
DELILAH!
DELILAH!
DELILAH!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
HE IS MINE TO PUNISH.
GO.
DELILAH.
I MUST HURT YOU,
MY LOVE,
THAT ALL MAY SEE.
FORGIVE ME.
I WARNED YOU TO STAY AWAY
FROM THE TEMPLE.
WHEN I STRIKE,
CATCH HOLD OF THE LASH.
LEAD ME TO THE HOUSE
OF THE TEMPLE.
I WILL.
HE STOLE MY CLOAK,
DELILAH.
LET HIM WEAR THE MARK
OF YOUR WHIP.
HE LEADS LIKE A GOAT.
WHY CAN'T I LEAD YOU
LIKE THAT?
YOU'RE NOT DELILAH.
MAKE HIM CRAWL,
DELILAH.
PUT A RING
THROUGH HIS NOSE!
YOUR PEACOCK
MAKES SPORT WITH AN OX.
SHE IS MOCKING US,
NOT SAMSON.
[ GONG SOUNDS ]
LORD OF THE HARVEST,
CONQUEROR OF DEATH,
NOW SHALL SAMSON BE HUMBLED
AT YOUR FEET.
MAKE HIM BOW!
BEND HIS NECK
BEFORE DAGON!
LOOK, DELILAH
MADE HIM BOW!
[ SHOUTING ]
I'M WEARY, DELILAH.
LET ME FEEL THE PILLARS
THAT I MAY LEAN UPON THEM.
ONLY A LITTLE FURTHER,
DEAR LOVE.
HUMBLE YOURSELF
BEFORE THEIR GOD, SAMSON --
KNEELING.
THE HOUSE OF THIS TEMPLE
STANDS ON THESE COLUMNS?
YES. KNEEL.
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
THE STONE IS COOL.
I WILL REST HERE.
LET HIM BE SCOURGED
UNTIL HE TURNS FROM HIS GOD.
GO, DELILAH.
RUN --
INTO THE COURTYARD.
NO.
DEATH WILL COME
INTO THIS TEMPLE.
THE HAND OF THE LORD
WILL STRIKE.
I WILL NOT BE AFRAID.
YOU MUST LEAVE NOW.
WHEREVER YOU ARE,
MY LOVE IS WITH YOU.
GO.
MAKE HIM KNEEL
TO DAGON!
YES!
MAKE HIM KNEEL!
HE'LL NOT KNEEL
TO ANY GOD BUT HIS OWN.
THE EDGE OF A SWORD
WILL BEND HIS KNEES.
DELILAH.
HAVE YOU GONE?
DELILAH!
[ SOBS ]
I PRAY THEE,
STRENGTHEN ME, O GOD.
STRENGTHEN ME ONLY THIS ONCE.
[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]
HE THINKS
THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER!
WHAT'S HE DOING?
HE'S HOLDING UP
THE TEMPLE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
SCOURGE SAMSON TO HIS KNEES
BENEATH THE FEET OF
DAGON.
THIS IS BETTER
THAN I HAD BARGAINED FOR.
WHY, THE MAN'S CRAZED.
HE'S THE FUNNIEST CLOWN
I'VE EVER SEEN.
[ SILENCE ]
LOOK!
IT MOVED.
THE COLUMN'S MOVING.
HE HAS SPLI THE STONE.
THE MAN HAS THE STRENGTH
OF A DEVIL.
NO, THE STRENGTH
OF A GOD.
DAGON, BE MORE POWERFUL
THAN SAMSON.
FORWARD!
RUN HIM THROUGH!
[ SCREAMING AND SHOUTING ]
MY EYES HAVE SEEN THY GLORY,
O GOD.
NOW LET ME DIE
WITH MY ENEMIES.
KILL HIM!
CUT HIM DOWN!
RUN, LORD SARAN.
SAVE
YOURSELF.
SAVE YOURSELF.
NO! OH!
DELILAH.
OHH!
MERCY!
LIFT IT OFF!
HELP ME!
HE WAS SO STRONG.
WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE?
HIS STRENGTH
WILL NEVER DIE, SAUL.
MEN WILL TELL HIS STORY
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.