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| + | '''''Jesus of Nazareth''''' (Gesù di Nazareth) is a 1977 British-Italian television [[miniseries]] directed by [[Franco Zeffirelli]] and co-written by Zeffirelli, [[Anthony Burgess]], and [[Suso Cecchi d'Amico]] which dramatises the [[Birth of Jesus|birth]], [[Life of Jesus|life]], [[Ministry of Jesus|ministry]], [[Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion]] and [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]] of [[Jesus]]. It stars [[Robert Powell]] as Jesus, and features an [[all-star]] cast of famous American and European actors, including eight who had won or would go on to win [[Academy Award]]s: [[Anne Bancroft]], [[Ernest Borgnine]], [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Anthony Quinn]], [[Rod Steiger]], [[James Earl Jones]], and [[Peter Ustinov]]. | ||
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| + | Extra-Biblical traditions were used in the writing of the [[screenplay]], and some characters (such as Zerah) and situations were invented for the film for brevity or dramatic purposes. Notably, ''Jesus of Nazareth'' depicts [[Judas Iscariot]] as a well-intentioned man initially, but later as a dupe of Zerah's who [[Kiss of Judas|betrays Jesus]] largely as a result of Zerah's false platitudes and pretexts. However, in accordance with the Gospels, the film depicts [[Nicodemus]] and [[Joseph of Arimathea]] as sympathetic members of the [[Sanhedrin]]. Many of the [[miracles of Jesus]], such as the changing of water into wine at the [[Marriage at Cana|wedding at Cana]], the [[Transfiguration of Jesus|transfiguration]], and the [[Calming the storm|calming of the storm]], are not depicted, although Jesus' healing of [[Raising of Jairus' daughter|Jairus' daughter]], the [[Blind man of Bethsaida|blind man]] and the crippled woman on the [[Biblical Sabbath|Sabbath]], the [[Feeding the multitude|feeding of the multitude]], and the [[Raising of Lazarus|raising]] of [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] from the dead are presented here. | ||
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| + | ''Jesus of Nazareth'' premiered on 27 March 1977, on the Italian channel [[Rai 1]], and was first aired in the United Kingdom, on 3 April 1976, on the [[ITV Network]]. It became a ratings success and received positive reviews. | ||
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| + | ==Plot summary== | ||
| + | The storyline of ''Jesus of Nazareth'' is a kind of cinematic ''[[Diatessaron]]'', or "[[Gospel harmony]]", blending the narratives of all four [[New Testament]] accounts. It takes a fairly naturalistic approach, de-emphasising special effects when miracles are depicted, and presenting Jesus as more or less evenly divine and human. The familiar Christian episodes are presented chronologically: the betrothal, and later [[Marriage of the Virgin|marriage]], of Mary and Joseph; the [[Annunciation]]; the [[Visitation (Christianity)|Visitation]]; the circumcision of John the Baptist; the [[Nativity of Jesus]]; the [[visit of the Magi]]; the [[circumcision of Jesus]]; the [[Census of Quirinius]]; the [[flight into Egypt]] and [[Massacre of the Innocents]]; the [[Finding in the Temple]]; the [[Baptism of Jesus]]. | ||
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| + | Jesus tells his followers that the [[law of Moses]] is not a "dead stone," but [[Abrogation of Old Covenant laws|subject to change]]. Other episodes in the movie include the [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|woman caught in adultery]]; the healing of [[Jairus]]' daughter; Jesus helping Peter catch the fish; the [[Parable of the Prodigal Son]] (Luke 15: 11-32); a dialogue between Jesus and [[Barabbas]] (non-biblical); Matthew's dinner party; the [[Sermon on the Mount]]; debating with [[Joseph of Arimathea]]; [[Blind man of Bethsaida|the curing of the blind man at the pool]]; the [[Raising of Lazarus]] (John 11:43); the [[Feeding the multitude|Feeding of the Five Thousand]]; the [[Mark 11#Triumphal entry into Jerusalem|entry into Jerusalem]]; [[Jesus and the money changers]]; the [[Parable of the Two Sons]]; [[healing the centurion's servant]]; dialogue with [[Nicodemus]]; the [[Last Supper]]; the | ||
| + | [[The kiss of Judas|betrayal of Jesus by Judas]]. | ||
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| + | At the [[Sanhedrin trial of Jesus]], Jesus is accused of blasphemy for calling himself the son of the God of Israel. Caiaphas announces "[[Shema Yisrael|the LORD our God, the LORD is one]]", denying the God of Israel has a son. The ensuing scenes include [[Mark 14#Peter's denials|Peter's denying Christ and repenting of it]]; the [[Jesus#Trials before the Sanhedrin and Pilate|judgment of Jesus by Pilate]] ("[[Ecce Homo]]"); the [[Passion (Christianity)|Johannine Passion Narrative]] (John 18-19; including the [[Agony in the Garden]]); the [[Stations of the Cross|Carrying of the Cross]]; the [[Crucifixion of Christ]] (Laurence Olivier's Nicodemus recites the "[[Suffering Servant]]" passage (Isaiah 53:3-5) as he looks helplessly on the crucified Messiah); the [[Empty tomb|discovery of the empty tomb]]; and an [[Resurrection appearances of Jesus|appearance of the Risen Christ to his Disciples]]. The film's storyline concludes with the non-Biblical character Zerah and his colleagues gazing despairingly into the empty tomb. Zerah laments, "Now it begins. It all begins". | ||
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| + | ==Cast== | ||
| + | '''Starring''' | ||
| + | * [[Robert Powell]] as [[Jesus]] | ||
| + | '''Guest Stars''' | ||
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| + | * [[Anne Bancroft]] as [[Mary Magdalene]] | ||
| + | * [[Ernest Borgnine]] as the [[Cornelius the Centurion|Roman Centurion]] | ||
| + | * [[Claudia Cardinale]] as the [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|Adulteress]] | ||
| + | * [[Valentina Cortese]] as [[Herodias]] | ||
| + | * [[James Farentino]] as [[Saint Peter|Peter]] | ||
| + | * [[James Earl Jones]] as [[Biblical Magi|Balthazar]] | ||
| + | * [[Stacy Keach]] as [[Barabbas]] | ||
| + | * [[Tony Lo Bianco]] as Quintillius | ||
| + | * [[James Mason]] as [[Joseph of Arimathea]] | ||
| + | * [[Ian McShane]] as [[Judas Iscariot]] | ||
| + | * [[Laurence Olivier]] as [[Nicodemus]] | ||
| + | * [[Donald Pleasence]] as [[Biblical Magi|Melchior]] | ||
| + | * [[Christopher Plummer]] as [[Herod Antipas]] | ||
| + | * [[Anthony Quinn]] as [[Caiaphas]] | ||
| + | * [[Fernando Rey]] as [[Biblical Magi|Gaspar]] | ||
| + | * [[Ralph Richardson]] as [[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)|Simeon]] | ||
| + | * [[Rod Steiger]] as [[Pontius Pilate]] | ||
| + | * [[Peter Ustinov]] as [[Herod the Great]] | ||
| + | * [[Michael York]] as [[John the Baptist]] | ||
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| + | '''And''' | ||
| + | * [[Olivia Hussey]] as [[Mary, mother of Jesus]] | ||
| + | '''Also Starring''' | ||
| + | * [[Cyril Cusack]] as Yehuda | ||
| + | * [[Ian Holm]] as Zerah | ||
| + | * [[Yorgo Voyagis]] as [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]] | ||
| + | '''With''' | ||
| + | * [[Ian Bannen]] as Amos | ||
| + | * [[Marina Berti]] as [[Elizabeth (biblical figure)|Elizabeth]] | ||
| + | * [[Regina Bianchi]] as [[Saint Anne|Anne, mother of Mary]] | ||
| + | * [[Maria Carta]] as [[Martha]] | ||
| + | * [[Lee Montague]] as Habbukuk | ||
| + | * [[Renato Rascel]] as The Blind Man | ||
| + | * [[Oliver Tobias]] as Joel | ||
| + | '''Co-Starring''' | ||
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| + | * [[Norman Bowler]] as Saturninus | ||
| + | * [[Robert Beatty]] as Proculus | ||
| + | * [[John Phillips (actor)|John Phillips]] as Naso | ||
| + | * [[Ken Jones (actor)|Ken Jones]] as Jotham | ||
| + | * [[Nancy Nevinson]] as Abigail | ||
| + | * [[Renato Terra]] as Abel | ||
| + | * [[Roy Holder]] as Enoch | ||
| + | * [[Jonathan Adams (British actor)|Jonathan Adams]] as Adam | ||
| + | * [[Lorenzo Monet]] as Jesus aged 12 years | ||
| + | * [[Robert Davey (actor)|Robert Davey]] as Daniel | ||
| + | * [[Oliver Smith (actor)|Oliver Smith]] as [[Paul the Apostle|Saul]] | ||
| + | * [[George Camiller]] as Hosias | ||
| + | * [[Murray Salem]] as [[Simon the Zealot]] | ||
| + | * [[Tony Vogel]] as [[Andrew the Apostle|Andrew]] | ||
| + | * [[Michael Cronin (actor)|Michael Cronin]] as Eliphaz | ||
| + | * [[Steve Gardner (actor)|Steve Gardner]] as [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] | ||
| + | * [[Derek Godfrey]] as Elihu | ||
| + | * [[Renato Montalbano]] as [[Jairus]] | ||
| + | * [[John Duttine]] as [[John the Apostle|John]] | ||
| + | * [[Michael Haughey]] as Nahum | ||
| + | * [[Keith Skinner]] as Possessed Boy | ||
| + | * [[Cyril Shaps]] as Possessed Boy's Father | ||
| + | * [[Jonathan Muller]] as [[James, son of Zebedee]] | ||
| + | * [[John Tordoff]] as Malachi | ||
| + | * [[Isabel Mestres]] as [[Salome]] | ||
| + | * [[Bruce Lidington]] as [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomas]] | ||
| + | * [[Keith Washington (actor)|Keith Washington]] as [[Matthew the Apostle|Matthew]] | ||
| + | * [[Mimmo Crao]] as [[Jude the Apostle|Jude Thaddeus]] | ||
| + | * [[John Eastham]] as [[Bartholomew the Apostle|Bartholomew]] | ||
| + | * [[Sergio Nicolai]] as [[James, son of Alphaeus]] | ||
| + | * [[Francis de Wolff]] as [[Simon the Pharisee]] | ||
| + | * [[Antonello Campodifiori]] as Ircanus | ||
| + | * [[Paul Curran (actor)|Paul Curran]] as Samuel | ||
| + | * [[Tim Pearce]] as Rufus | ||
| + | * [[Mark Eden]] as [[Quartus]] | ||
| + | * [[Bruno Barnabe]] as Ezra | ||
| + | * [[Simon MacCorkindale]] as Lucius | ||
| + | * [[Forbes Collins]] as Jonas | ||
| + | * [[Lionel Guyett]] as Haggai | ||
| + | * [[Martin Benson (actor)|Martin Benson]] as [[Pharisees|Pharisee]] | ||
| + | * [[Peter Harlowe]] as Valerius | ||
| + | * [[Carl Forgione]] as Plotinus | ||
| + | * [[Donald Sumpter]] as [[Impenitent thief|Aram]] | ||
| + | * [[Pino Colizzi]] as [[Penitent thief|Jobab]] | ||
| + | * [[Robert Brown (British actor)|Robert Brown]] as [[Pharisees|Pharisee]] | ||
| + | * [[Harold Bennett]] as [[Elder (Christianity)|Elder]] | ||
| + | * [[Robert Mallard]] as Quazra | ||
| + | * [[Abdelmajid Lakhal]] as the Farisaeum | ||
| - | *[[Franco Zeffirelli]], 96, Italian film director (''[[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|Jesus of Nazareth]]'', ''[[The Taming of the Shrew (1967 film)|The Taming of the Shrew]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Sylvia Miles]], 94, American actress (''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'', ''[[Heat (1972 film)|Heat]]'', ''[[Denise Calls Up]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Peter Whitehead (filmmaker)|Peter Whitehead]], 82, English writer and filmmaker (''[[Wholly Communion]]'', ''[[Charlie Is My Darling (film)|Charlie Is My Darling]]'', ''[[Tonite Let's All Make Love in London]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Dr. John]], 77, American [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] singer-songwriter ("[[I Walk on Guilded Splinters]]", "[[Right Place, Wrong Time (song)|Right Place, Wrong Time]]"), heart attack. | ||
| - | *[[Roky Erickson]], 71, American singer-songwriter ([[The 13th Floor Elevators]]). | ||
| - | *[[I. M. Pei]], 102, Chinese-born American architect ([[Everson Museum of Art]], [[Dallas City Hall]], [[Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art]], [[Louvre Pyramid]]). | ||
| - | *[[Dominique Lawalrée]], 64, Belgian composer and keyboard player. | ||
| - | *[[Tim Conway]], 85, American actor and comedian ([[Dentist Sketch]]). | ||
| - | *[[Doris Day]], 97, American actress (''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'', ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]''), singer ("[[Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)]]") and animal welfare activist, pneumonia. | ||
| - | *[[Anémone]], 68, French actress (''[[Santa Claus Is a Stinker]]'', ''[[The Grand Highway]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Bruce Bickford (animator)|Bruce Bickford]], 72, American animator (''[[Baby Snakes]]'', ''[[The Dub Room Special]]'', ''[[The Amazing Mr. Bickford]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Jean-Pierre Marielle]], 87, French actor (''[[Cookies (film)|Cookies]]'', ''[[Without Apparent Motive]]'', ''[[Coup de Torchon]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Dave Samuels]], 70, American percussionist ([[Spyro Gyra]]). | ||
| - | *[[Ryszard Kaja]], 57, Polish graphic artist. | ||
| - | *[[Les Reed (songwriter)|Les Reed]], 83, English songwriter ("[[It's Not Unusual]]", "[[Delilah (Tom Jones song)|Delilah]]", "[[The Last Waltz (song)|The Last Waltz]]"). | ||
| - | *[[Gene Wolfe]], 87, American science fiction and fantasy writer (''[[The Shadow of the Torturer]]'', heart disease. | ||
| - | *[[John McEnery]], 75, British actor (''[[Bartleby (1970 film)|Bartleby]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Bibi Andersson]], 83, Swedish actress (''[[Persona (1966 film)|Persona]]'', ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'', ''[[Wild Strawberries (film)|Wild Strawberries]]''), complications from a stroke. | ||
| - | *[[Seymour Cassel]], 84, American actor (''[[Faces (film)|Faces]]'', ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'', ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]''), complications from Alzheimer's disease. | ||
| - | *[[Agnès Varda]], 90, French film director (''[[La Pointe Courte]]'', ''[[Cléo from 5 to 7]]'', [[Black Panthers (film)|''Black Panthers'']]), cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]], 76, American-born British singer-songwriter ([[The Walker Brothers]]), composer and record producer. | ||
| - | *[[Larry Cohen]], 77, American film director (''[[It's Alive (1974 film)|It's Alive]]'', ''[[The Stuff]]'') and screenwriter (''[[Phone Booth (film)|Phone Booth]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Andre Williams]], 82, American R&B singer and songwriter ("[[Shake a Tail Feather]]"), colon cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Dick Dale]], 81, American guitarist and [[surf music]] pioneer ("[[Misirlou#Later versions|Misirlou]]"), heart failure. | ||
| - | *[[Okwui Enwezor]], 55, Nigerian art critic and writer, cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Raymond Donnez]], 76, French music producer and conductor ("[[Standing in the Rain]]"). | ||
| - | *[[Hal Blaine]], 90, American [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] drummer (''[[Psychedelic Percussion]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Carolee Schneemann]], 79, American artist. | ||
| - | *[[Keith Flint]], 49, English singer ([[The Prodigy]]), suicide. | ||
| - | *[[André Previn]], 89, German-born American composer (''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'', "[[Executive Party]]"). | ||
| - | *[[Gillian Freeman]], 89, British author (''[[The Undergrowth of Literature]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Mark Hollis (musician)|Mark Hollis]], 64, English singer-songwriter ([[Talk Talk]]). | ||
| - | *[[Stanley Donen]], 94, American film director (''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'', ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]''), heart failure. | ||
| - | *[[Alessandro Mendini]], 87, Italian architect and designer (''[[Proust Armchair]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Lonnie Simmons]], American record producer ("[[Don't Stop the Music (Yarbrough and Peoples song)|Don't Stop the Music]]"). | ||
| - | *[[Karl Lagerfeld]], 85, German fashion designer ([[Chanel]]). | ||
| - | *[[Ken Nordine]], 98, American voice-over and recording artist (''[[Word Jazz]]'', ''[[Son of Word Jazz]]'', ''[[Love Words]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Bruno Ganz]], 77, Swiss actor (''[[Nosferatu the Vampyre]]''), colorectal cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Tomi Ungerer]], 87, French illustrator (''[[Fornicon]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Albert Finney]], 82, English actor (''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'', ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'', ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''), chest infection. | ||
| - | *[[Marcel Azzola]], 91, French accordionist ([[Jacques Brel]]). | ||
| - | *[[Dick Miller]], 90, American actor (''[[Gremlins]]'', ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'', ''[[Death Race 2000]]''). | ||
| - | *[[James Ingram]], 66, American R&B singer-songwriter ("[[Yah Mo B There]]"), brain cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Michel Legrand]], 86, French composer ("[[The Windmills of Your Mind]]"), conductor and jazz pianist. | ||
| - | *[[Florence Knoll]], 101, American architect and furniture designer. | ||
| - | *[[Dušan Makavejev]], 86, Serbian film director (''[[Man Is Not a Bird]]'', ''[[W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism]]'', ''[[Sweet Movie]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Jonas Mekas]], 96, Lithuanian-born American film director and poet. | ||
| - | *[[Edwin Birdsong]] ("[[Rapper Dapper Snapper]]"), 77, American funk keyboardist. | ||
| - | *[[Nathan Glazer]], 95, American sociologist. | ||
| - | *[[Reggie Young]], 82, American musician ([[American Sound Studio|The Memphis Boys]]). | ||
| - | *[[Francine du Plessix Gray]], 88, Polish-born American author and critic (''[[At Home With the Marquis de Sade: A Life]]''). | ||
| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2018]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2017]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2016]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2015]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2014]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2013]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2012]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2011]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2010]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2009]] | ||
| - | * [[Deaths in 2008]] | ||
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Jesus of Nazareth (Gesù di Nazareth) is a 1977 British-Italian television miniseries directed by Franco Zeffirelli and co-written by Zeffirelli, Anthony Burgess, and Suso Cecchi d'Amico which dramatises the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. It stars Robert Powell as Jesus, and features an all-star cast of famous American and European actors, including eight who had won or would go on to win Academy Awards: Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quinn, Rod Steiger, James Earl Jones, and Peter Ustinov.
Extra-Biblical traditions were used in the writing of the screenplay, and some characters (such as Zerah) and situations were invented for the film for brevity or dramatic purposes. Notably, Jesus of Nazareth depicts Judas Iscariot as a well-intentioned man initially, but later as a dupe of Zerah's who betrays Jesus largely as a result of Zerah's false platitudes and pretexts. However, in accordance with the Gospels, the film depicts Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea as sympathetic members of the Sanhedrin. Many of the miracles of Jesus, such as the changing of water into wine at the wedding at Cana, the transfiguration, and the calming of the storm, are not depicted, although Jesus' healing of Jairus' daughter, the blind man and the crippled woman on the Sabbath, the feeding of the multitude, and the raising of Lazarus from the dead are presented here.
Jesus of Nazareth premiered on 27 March 1977, on the Italian channel Rai 1, and was first aired in the United Kingdom, on 3 April 1976, on the ITV Network. It became a ratings success and received positive reviews.
Plot summary
The storyline of Jesus of Nazareth is a kind of cinematic Diatessaron, or "Gospel harmony", blending the narratives of all four New Testament accounts. It takes a fairly naturalistic approach, de-emphasising special effects when miracles are depicted, and presenting Jesus as more or less evenly divine and human. The familiar Christian episodes are presented chronologically: the betrothal, and later marriage, of Mary and Joseph; the Annunciation; the Visitation; the circumcision of John the Baptist; the Nativity of Jesus; the visit of the Magi; the circumcision of Jesus; the Census of Quirinius; the flight into Egypt and Massacre of the Innocents; the Finding in the Temple; the Baptism of Jesus.
Jesus tells his followers that the law of Moses is not a "dead stone," but subject to change. Other episodes in the movie include the woman caught in adultery; the healing of Jairus' daughter; Jesus helping Peter catch the fish; the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32); a dialogue between Jesus and Barabbas (non-biblical); Matthew's dinner party; the Sermon on the Mount; debating with Joseph of Arimathea; the curing of the blind man at the pool; the Raising of Lazarus (John 11:43); the Feeding of the Five Thousand; the entry into Jerusalem; Jesus and the money changers; the Parable of the Two Sons; healing the centurion's servant; dialogue with Nicodemus; the Last Supper; the betrayal of Jesus by Judas.
At the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus, Jesus is accused of blasphemy for calling himself the son of the God of Israel. Caiaphas announces "the LORD our God, the LORD is one", denying the God of Israel has a son. The ensuing scenes include Peter's denying Christ and repenting of it; the judgment of Jesus by Pilate ("Ecce Homo"); the Johannine Passion Narrative (John 18-19; including the Agony in the Garden); the Carrying of the Cross; the Crucifixion of Christ (Laurence Olivier's Nicodemus recites the "Suffering Servant" passage (Isaiah 53:3-5) as he looks helplessly on the crucified Messiah); the discovery of the empty tomb; and an appearance of the Risen Christ to his Disciples. The film's storyline concludes with the non-Biblical character Zerah and his colleagues gazing despairingly into the empty tomb. Zerah laments, "Now it begins. It all begins".
Cast
Starring
Guest Stars Template:Div col
- Anne Bancroft as Mary Magdalene
- Ernest Borgnine as the Roman Centurion
- Claudia Cardinale as the Adulteress
- Valentina Cortese as Herodias
- James Farentino as Peter
- James Earl Jones as Balthazar
- Stacy Keach as Barabbas
- Tony Lo Bianco as Quintillius
- James Mason as Joseph of Arimathea
- Ian McShane as Judas Iscariot
- Laurence Olivier as Nicodemus
- Donald Pleasence as Melchior
- Christopher Plummer as Herod Antipas
- Anthony Quinn as Caiaphas
- Fernando Rey as Gaspar
- Ralph Richardson as Simeon
- Rod Steiger as Pontius Pilate
- Peter Ustinov as Herod the Great
- Michael York as John the Baptist
Also Starring
- Cyril Cusack as Yehuda
- Ian Holm as Zerah
- Yorgo Voyagis as Joseph
With
- Ian Bannen as Amos
- Marina Berti as Elizabeth
- Regina Bianchi as Anne, mother of Mary
- Maria Carta as Martha
- Lee Montague as Habbukuk
- Renato Rascel as The Blind Man
- Oliver Tobias as Joel
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- Norman Bowler as Saturninus
- Robert Beatty as Proculus
- John Phillips as Naso
- Ken Jones as Jotham
- Nancy Nevinson as Abigail
- Renato Terra as Abel
- Roy Holder as Enoch
- Jonathan Adams as Adam
- Lorenzo Monet as Jesus aged 12 years
- Robert Davey as Daniel
- Oliver Smith as Saul
- George Camiller as Hosias
- Murray Salem as Simon the Zealot
- Tony Vogel as Andrew
- Michael Cronin as Eliphaz
- Steve Gardner as Philip
- Derek Godfrey as Elihu
- Renato Montalbano as Jairus
- John Duttine as John
- Michael Haughey as Nahum
- Keith Skinner as Possessed Boy
- Cyril Shaps as Possessed Boy's Father
- Jonathan Muller as James, son of Zebedee
- John Tordoff as Malachi
- Isabel Mestres as Salome
- Bruce Lidington as Thomas
- Keith Washington as Matthew
- Mimmo Crao as Jude Thaddeus
- John Eastham as Bartholomew
- Sergio Nicolai as James, son of Alphaeus
- Francis de Wolff as Simon the Pharisee
- Antonello Campodifiori as Ircanus
- Paul Curran as Samuel
- Tim Pearce as Rufus
- Mark Eden as Quartus
- Bruno Barnabe as Ezra
- Simon MacCorkindale as Lucius
- Forbes Collins as Jonas
- Lionel Guyett as Haggai
- Martin Benson as Pharisee
- Peter Harlowe as Valerius
- Carl Forgione as Plotinus
- Donald Sumpter as Aram
- Pino Colizzi as Jobab
- Robert Brown as Pharisee
- Harold Bennett as Elder
- Robert Mallard as Quazra
- Abdelmajid Lakhal as the Farisaeum
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