id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-886 The Book of Esther (film) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2937 220 76 Find sources: "The Book of Esther" film – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) R. White and starring Jen Lilley as Esther.[1] The film portrays a Jewish girl, Esther, who is chosen as the new queen consort to King Xerxes I of Persia and her efforts to stop evil Lord Haman's plot to exterminate the Jews. Esther tells him that as the king, he is the one who makes the laws, and Xerxes comes to sit beside her to talk. Esther beseeches the king, telling him that there is a great enemy in his palace, because Haman has ordered the slaughter of her and her people. Thaao Penghlis as Haman: One of King Xerxes' closest and trusted advisors, he is the main antagonist of the film. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-886.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-886.txt