Category:Jesus of Nazareth--cinema (subject)

Work of cinema related to Jesus of Nazareth

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Overview

Since the beginnings of cinema at the end of the 19th century, Jesus of Nazareth has been one of the favorite subjects. The first movies were filmizations of traditional Passion plays, or brief sketches in which famous religious paintings were animated and reenacted by actors.

• La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ - Life and Passion of the Christ - (1903)

The movie From the Manger to the Cross (1912) marked a first important turning point. Filmed on locations, for the first time the movie treated the life of Jesus as a continuous cinematic narrative. The example was followed by other ambitious productions, such as Christus (1916), and I.N.R.I (1923).

• From the Manger To the Cross 1912

The silent era came to an end with the movie The King of Kings (1927). Director Cecil B. DeMille offered the first attempt to offer a product that could not only be well-received by church-goers but also reach out to the larger audience of movie-goers. He accomplished his goal by giving more room to "minor" characters, adding to the plot, and giving a more "human" dimension to Jesus himself.

• Cecil B DeMille Movie

Then came the historical movies of the 1950s and 1960s:

• King of Kings (1961) Preview
• The Teaching of Jesus, Sermon on the Mount -- King of Kings (1961)

• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)- Jesus in Capernaum

• The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (English Subtitled) (1:35:30 to 1:42:30)

• Nativity (Life of Brian)
• Beatitudes and Stoning
• Stoning Scene (Life of Brian)

• [Approaching Jerusalem]
• [Entrance in Jerusalem]
• the Last Temptation of the Christ -- 1988 -- Golghota Scene
• Paul & Jesus

• Barabbas The Passion of the Christ
• What is the Truth

• The Most Honest Scene In Film History! [Part 1-The Da Vinci Code. (60fps,10-BitC,Full-HD)] <5m>

• Son of Man (2006)

Bibliography

• W. Barnes Tatum, Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years and Beyond (3rd ed., Salem: Polebridge, 2013)

• Peter Malone, Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film (Lanham: Scarecrow, 2012)

• Adele Reinhartz, Jesus of Hollywood' '(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)

• Jeffrey Lloyd Staley and Richard G. Walsh, Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination: A Handbook to Jesus on DVD (Louisville, Ky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)

• Richard G. Walsh, Reading the Gospels in the Dark: Portrayals of Jesus in Film (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2003)

• Richard C. Stern, Clayton N. Jefford, and Guerric DeBona, Savior on the Silver Screen (New York: Paulist, 1999)

Performing Jesus (cinema & television)

Among the most famous actors who played Jesus are Henry Byron Warner (1927), Jeffrey Hunter (1961), Max Von Sydow (1965), Ted Neely (1973), Victor Garber (1973), Robert Powell (1977), Chris Sarandon (1980), William Dafoe (1988), Bruce Marchiano (1993), Christian Bale (1999), Jeremy Sisto (1999), Henry Ian Cusick (2003), Jim Caviezel (2004), Robert Torti (2005), Diogo Morgado (2014), Juan Pablo Di Pace (2015), Haaz Sleiman (2015), and Ewan McGregor (2015)

1890s	Jesus	Cinema	Country	Notes
1897	Jordan Willochko	The Horitz Passion Play (1897 Freeman), feature film		Imdb
1898	Gaston Breteau	La vie et la passion de Christ (The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ / 1898 Hatot), short film
	...	The Passion Play (1898 Lubin), short film
	Frank Russell (1857–1925)	The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898 Vincent), short film		Imdb
1899	...	La passione di Cristo (The Passion of Christ / 1899 Calcina), short film
	...	Le Christ marchant sur les eaux (Christ Walking on Water / 1899 Méliès), short film

1900s	Performer	Film/play/opera	Notes
1903	...	The Passion Play Series (1903 Lubin), feature film
	Henry Pettibone (?)	La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ (The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ / 1903 Zecca, Nonguet), feature film
1906	Edouard Grisollet	La naissance, la vie et la mort de N.-S. Jésus-Christ (The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ / 1906 Guy-Blaché), feature film
1909	Albert Lambert (1865–1941)	Le baiser de Judas (The Kiss of Judas / 1909 Bour, Calmettes), short film		Wiki.fr Imdb

1910s	Jesus	Cinema	Country	Notes
1910	???	La samaritana (The Woman of Samaria / 1910), short film
1911	Mario Voller-Buzzi	Giuda (Judas / 1911 Frusta), short film	Italy
	Charles Kent (1852–1923)	Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet (1911 Kent), short film	USA	Wiki Imdb
1912	Robert Frazer (1891–1944)	The Holy City (1912 Arnaud), short film		Wiki Imdb
	R. Henderson Bland - Percy Dyer (youth) - George Hollister Jr. (child)	From the Manger to the Cross (1912 Olcott), feature film
	Mario Voller-Buzzi	Satana (Satan / 1912 Maggi), feature film
1913	Fred Huntley (1862–1931)	The Three Wise Men (1913 Campbell), short film		Wiki [1]
	Robert Frazer	Thus Saith the Lord (1913 Eclair), short film
1914	Sydney Ayres	The Last Supper (1914 Johnstone), short film
1916	Alberto Pasquali - Renato Visca (child)	Christus (1916 Antamoro), feature film	Italy
	Howard Gaye	Intolerance (1916 Griffith), feature film	USA
1917	Yorgos Ploutis	Ο ανήφορος του Γολγοθά (The Uphill of Golgotha / 1917 Vratsanos), film	Greece
1918	Howard Gaye - Harold Quintin Driscoll (child)	Restitution (1918 Gaye), feature film
	Guido Guiducci	Maria di Magdala (Mary of Magdala / 1918 Molinari), feature film
1919	Alberto Pasquali	Redenzione (1919 Gallone, Mateldi), film	Italy

1920s	Performer	Film/play/opera	Notes
1921	Henry Pettibone (?)	Behold the Man! (1921 Bennet), feature film
	Adolf Faßnacht	Der Galiläer (The Galilean / 1921 Buchowetzki), feature film
	Alberto Pasquali	The Twice Born Woman (1921 Strauss), short film
1923	Gregori Chmara	I.N.R.I. (Crown of Thorns / 1923 Wiene), feature film
1925	...	The Man Nobody Knows (1925 Kenepp), film
	Claude Payton	Ben-Hur (1925 Niblo), feature film
1926	Jean Bradin	Le berceau de dieu (1926 Granville), film
1927	Henry Byron Warner	The King of Kings (1927 DeMille), feature film
1928	Philip Van Loan	Jesus of Nazareth (1928 Conover), feature film

1930s	Jesus of Nazareth	Cinema	Country	Notes
1935	Robert Le Vigan (1900–1972)	Golgotha / Ecce Homo (Behold the Man / 1935 Duvivier), feature film		Wiki Imdb
1939	Irving Pichel (voice)	The Great Commandment (1939 Pichel), feature film		Wiki Imdb

1940s	Performer	Film/play/opera	Notes
1942	José Cibrián	Jesús de Nazareth (Jesus of Nazareth / 1942 Díaz Morales), feature film
1946	Luis Alcoriza	María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala (Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala / 1946 Contreras-Torres), feature film
1948	Daniel Pastor	Reina de reinas: La Virgen María (Queen of Queens: The Virgin Mary / 1948 Contreras-Torres), feature film
1949	Millard Coody	The Lawton Story (1949 Beaudine, Daniels), feature film
	Nelson Leigh	The Pilgrimage Play (1949 Stayer), feature film
	Lewis Stringer (voice)	Which Will Ye Have? (1949 Taylor), short film

1950s	Performer	Film/play/opera	Notes
1951	Robert Wilson Crisy Larson (child)	The Living Christ Series (1951 Coyle), film
	Robin Hughes	Quo Vadis (1951 LeRoy), feature film
	Nelson Leigh (voice)	Family Theatre: That I May See (1951 Pierson), TV episode
	Charles P. Carr	Behold the Man! (1951 Rilla), feature film
1952	Nelson Leigh	The Living Bible (1952 Dew), TV series
	Maurice Teynac	Le chemin de Damas (The Road to Damascus / 1952 Glass), feature film
	Enrique Rambal	El mártir del Calvario (The Martyr of Calvary / 1952 Morayta-Martinez), feature film
	Jennings Sturgeon	Kalbaryo ni Hesus (The Passion of Jesus / 1952 Tolosa), feature film
1953	Pedro Celestino	O Mártir do Calvário (The Martyr of the Calvary / 1953 Celestino, Gallon, Gherardi), TV film
	Robert Wilson	Family Theatre: I Beheld His Glory (1953 Coyle), TV episode
	Basil Tellou	Family Theatre: Triumphant Hour (1953), TV film
	Donald C. Klune (uncredited)	The Robe (1953 Koster), feature film
1954	José Nieto	El beso de Judas (Judas' Kiss / 1954 Gil), feature film
	Robert Wilson	Day of Triumph (1954 Coyle / Pichel), feature film
1955	Eugenio Valenti	Il figlio dell'uomo (The Son of Man / 1955 Sabel), feature film
1956	Tom Fleming	Jesus of Nazareth (1956 BBC), TV mini-series
1957	Carleton Young	The Book of Acts Series (1957 Dew), film
1958	Jon Shepodd	The Power of the Resurrection (1958 Schuster), film
1959	Luis Álvarez	El Redentor (The Redeemer / 1959 Breen, Palacios), feature film
	Claude Heater	Ben-Hur (1959 Wyler), feature film

1960s	Jesus	Cinema / Television	Country	Notes
1960	Charles Houston	The True Mistery of the Passion (1960 Acton-Bond), TV film
1961	Angelo Pietri	Laudes evangelii (1961 Kemp-Welch), TV film (musical)
1961	John Colicos	The Man Born to Be King (1961 CBC), TV film
1961	Rocco Roy Mangano	(+) Barabbas (1961 Fleischer), feature film
1961	Jeffrey Hunter	(+) King of Kings (1961 Ray), feature film
1962	John Drew Barrymore	Ponzio Pilato (Pontius Pilate / 1962 Callegari, Rapper), feature film
1962	[[]]	La ricotta (1962 Pasolini), film
1963	[[]]	Processo a Gesù (Trial of Jesus / 1963 Bolchi), TV film
1963	Nicolau Nunes Da Silva	Acto da Primavera (Rite of Spring / 1963 Oliveira), feature film
1964	[[]]	Primera fila: Proceso a Jesús (Trial of Jesus / 1964), TV episode
1964	Enrique Irazoqui	(++) Il vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew / 1964 Pasolini), feature film
1965	Max von Sydow	(+) The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965 Stevens), film
1966	Jason Evers	Dawn of Victory (1966), film
1966	Enrique Rocha	El Proceso de Cristo (The Trial of Jesus / 1966 Bracho), feature film
1967	Arnold Willems	Heeft geleden onder Pontius Pilatus (Suffered under Pontius Pilate / 1967 De Meester), TV film
1967	[[Lars Svedberg]	Teatterituokio: Barrabas (Theatre Sessions: Barabbas / 1967 Holmberg), TV episode
1968	[[]]	Processo a Gesù (Trial of Jesus / 1968 Bettetini), TV film
1969	Colin Blakely	The Wednesday Play: Son of Man (1969 Davies), TV episode
1969	Claudio Brook	Jesús, nuestro Señor (Jesus, Our Lord / 1969 Zacarías), feature film

1970s	Performer	Film/play/opera	Notes
1970	Madison Mason	Hallmark Hall of Fame: Neither Are We Enemies (1970 Pressman), TV episode
1970	[[]]	Teatterituokio: Pilatus (Theatre Sessions: Pilate / 1970 Wallin), TV episode
1971	Hemir Valvassori - Donizetti Vago (child)	A Vida de Jesus Cristo (1971 Regattieri), film
1971	Alfredo Melher (child)	Jesús, el niño Dios (Jesus, the Child of God / 1971 Zacarías), feature film
1972	Rob Greenblatt	Appointment with Destiny: The Crucifixion of Jesus (1972 Guenette), TV episode
1972	Trevor White	Jesus Christ Superstar (1972 Harbutt, Hughes), documentary
1972	José Alberto Castro (child) - Jorge España (child) - David Bravo (child)	Jesús, María y José (Jesus, Mary and Joseph / 1972 Zacarías), feature film
1973	Robert Elfstrom - Robert Elfstrom Jr. (child)	Gospel Road (1973 Elfstrom & Cash), film
1973	Victor Garber	Godspell (1973 Greene), feature film
1973	Ted Neeley	Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 Jewison), film
1974	[[]]	Proceso a Jesús (Trial of Jesus / 1974 Sáenz de Heredia), feature film
1975	Pier Maria Rossi - Mustapha Ferchiou (child)	Il Messia (The Messiah / 1975 Rossellini), film
1976	Zalman King	The Passover Plot (1976 Campus), film
1977	Robert Powell - Immad Cohen (youth) - Lorenzo Monet (child)	Gesù di Nazareth / Jesus of Nazareth (1977 Zeffirelli), TV mini-series
1979	John Rubinstein - Tiger Thompson (child)	In Search of Historic Jesus (1979 Schellerup), documentary
1979	Brian Deacon	Jesus (1979 Sykes, Krisch), feature film

1980s	Jesus	Cinema / Television	Country	Notes
1980	Chris Sarandon	The Day Christ Died (1980 Cellan-Jones), TV film
1980	Claudio Brook	La vida de nuestro señor Jesucristo (The Life of Jesus Christ / 1980 Zacarías), TV film
1981	[[ ]]	History of the World--Part I (1981 Brooks), film
1981	[[ ]]	Los especiales de ATC: Proceso a Jesús (Trial of Jesus / 1981 Flores), TV episode
1981	[[ ]]	Miracoloni (Big Miracles / 1981 Massaro), feature film
1986	[[ ]]	L'inchiesta (The Inquiry / 1986 Damiani), feature film
1987	Carlo Panchetti	Secondo Ponzio Pilato (According to Pontius Pilate / 1987 Magni), feature film
1987	[[ ]]	Animated Stories from the New Testament (1987-2005 Rich), film
1987	[[ ]]	Pontios Pilatos (Pontius Pilate / 1987 Zois), TV mini-series
1988	[[ ]]	Il bacio di Giuda (The Kiss of Judas / 1988 Benvenuti), feature film
1988	Willem Dafoe	(++) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 Scorsese), feature film
1989	Lothaire Bluteau	(++) Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal / 1989 Arcand), feature film

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  Willem Dafoe as Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 Scorsese), film

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  Kim Rossi Stuart as Jesus in I giardini dell'Eden (1998 D'Alatri), film

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  Christian Bale as Jesus in Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999 Connor), film

1990s	Jesus	Cinema / Television	Country	Notes
1991	Mark Rylance	Incident in Judaea (1991 Bryers), TV film
1993	Bruce Marchiano	The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993 Bergh), feature film
1994	Bruce Marchiano	Acts (1994 Bergh), feature film
1995	Didier Bienaimé / Neil Boulane (Baby Jesus) ]]	Marie de Nazareth (Mary of Nazareth / 1995 Delannoy), feature film
1995	John Kay Steel	The Revolutionary (1995 Marcarelli), film
1996	John Kay Steel	The Revolutionary II (1996 Marcarelli), feature film
1996	Mat Ranillo III	Kristo (Christ / 1996 Yalung), feature film
1998	Kim Rossi Stuart	I giardini dell'Eden (The Garden of Eden / 1998 D'Alatri), film
1998	[[ ]]	Atlanta Passion Play (1998 Hall), video recording (musical)
1998	Tom Newman	Stephen’s Test of Faith (1998 Yake), short film
1999	Christian Bale	Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999 Connor), TV film
1999	Jeremy Sisto	Jesus (1999 Young), TV mini-series

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  Henry Ian Cusick (2003)

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  Jim Caviezel (2004)

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  Andile Kosi (2005)

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  Jean-Claudie LaMarre (2006)

2000s	Performer	Film/play/opera	Notes
2000	Nicholas Rogers	Maria, figlia del suo figlio (Maria: Daughter of Her Son / 2000 Costa), TV film
2000	[[]]	The Story of Jesus for Children (2000 Schmidt), feature film
2000	Glenn Carter	Jesus Christ Superstar (2000 Edwards, Morris / @1970 Webber), video recording (opera)
2000	Ralph Fiennes (voice)	The Miracle Maker (2000 Hayes, Sokolov), animated feature film
2000	[[]]	Gli amici di Gesù: Giuseppe di Nazareth (Close to Jesus: Joseph of Nazareth / 2000 Mertes), TV film
2000	[[]]	Gli amici di Gesù: Maria Maddalena (Close to Jesus: Mary Magdalene / 2000 Mertes), TV film
2001	[[]]	The Body (2001 McCord), film
2001	[[]]	Gli amici di Gesù: Giuda (Close to Jesus: Judas / 2001 Mertes), TV film
2001	[[]]	Gli amici di Gesù: Tommaso (Close to Jesus: Thomas / 2001 Mertes), TV film
2003	[[]]	Maria, Mãe do Filho de Deus (Mary, Mother of the Son of God / 2003 Góes), feature film
2001	[[]]	The Cross (2001 Tracy), short film
2002	[[]]	Das Jesus Video (The Hunt for the Hidden Relic / 2002 Niemann), TV mini-series
2003	[[]]	Jesus, min søn (Jesus, My Son / 2003 Larsen), feature film
2003	Henry Ian Cusick	The Gospel of John (2003 Saville), feature film
2004	Jonathan Scarfe	Judas (2004 Carner), TV film
2004	Jim Caviezel	(++) The Passion of the Christ (2004 Gibson), feature film
2004	[[]]	Beaster (2004 Morrone), short film
2005	Johannes Brandrup	San Pietro (St. Peter / 2005 Base), TV mini-series
2005	[[]]	The God Who Wasn't There (2005 Flemming), documentary
2006	Fabrizio Bucci	L'inchiesta (The Final Inquiry / 2006 Base), TV mini-series
2006	[[]]	Matthäuspassion (2006 Blank), film
2006	[[]]	Unlocking Ancient Secrets of the Bible (2006 Bouson), documentary
2006	[[]]	Manchester Passion (2006 Chilvers), film
2006	[[]]	(+) The Son of Man (2006 Dornford-May), feature film
2006	[[]]	(+) The Nativity Story (2006 Hardwicke), feature film
2006	[[]]	(+) The Da Vinci Code (2006 Howard), feature film
2006	Jean-Claude La Marre	Color of the Cross (2006 LaMarre), feature film
2006	[[]]	La sacra famiglia (The Holy Family / 2006 Mertes), TV mini-series
2007	[[]]	Secrets of the Shroud (2007 Grieg), documentary
2007	[[]]	The Lost Tomb of Jesus (2007 Jacobovici), documentary
2007	Ahmad Soleimani Nia	Mesih (The Messiah / 2007 Talebzadeh), TV mini-series & feature film
2008	[[]]	Anno Domini XXXIII (2008 Bonello), TV mini-series
2008	[[]]	Bloodline (2008 Burgess), arch-fi documentary
2008	Jean-Claude La Marre	Color of the Cross 2: Resurrection (2008 LaMarre), feature film
2008	Joseph Mawle	The Passion (2008 Offer), TV mini-series
2009	Ahmed Landolssi - Omar Douss (child)]]	Who Was Jesus (2009 Marengo), documentary

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  Alessandro Etrusco in 7 Km da Gerusalemme (2006 Malaponti), film

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  Ahmad Soleimani Nia Mesih (2007 Talebzadeh), film

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  Diogo Morgado (2014)

2010s	Performer	Film/play/opera	Notes
2010	Joel West	El discípulo: Jesús, la historia no revelada (The Disciple: Jesus' Uncovered Story / 2010 Barrachina), feature film
	Mohamed Idoudi	Io sono con te (Let It Be / 2010 Chiesa), feature film
	Julian Casey	Ben Hur (2010 Shill), TV mini-series
2012	René van Kooten	The Passion (2012 Grifhorst), TV film
	Ben Forster	Jesus Christ Superstar (2012 Hunt, Forster / Connor / @1971 Webber), video recording (opera)
	Marco Foschi	Barabbas (2012 Young), TV mini-series
2013	Diogo Morgado	The Bible (2013 Downey, Burnett), TV mini-series
2014	Paul Spadaro - Kenley Weesner (child)	Jesus: The Desire of Ages (2014 Hamilton-Myers, Orozco), feature film
	Nathan Farnor	Barabbas (2014 Stout), TV film	USA
	Diogo Morgado	Son of God (2014 Spencer), feature film
2015	Nabil Djedouani	Histoire de Judas (Story of Judas / 2015 Ameur-Zaïmeche), feature film
	Haaz Sleiman - Zoubir Abou Alfadel (child)	Killing Jesus (2015 Menaul), TV mini-series
	Ewan McGregor	Last Days in the Desert (2015 García), feature film	USA
	Sergio Raboso	La espina de Dios (The Spine of God / 2015 Parra de Carrizosa), feature film
2016	Rodrigo Santoro	Ben-Hur (2016 Bekmambetov), feature film
	Adam Greaves-Neal (child)	The Young Messiah (2016 Nowrasteh), feature film
	Cliff Curtis	Risen (2016 Reynolds), feature film
Joseph Mesiano	The Apostle Peter: Redemption (2016 Bristow), feature film

Jesus movies (selected)

Life of Jesus (general)

• Nativity Film Marston.jpg

  The Star of Bethlehem (1912 Marston), film

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  The Nativity (1978 Kowalski), film

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  The Nativity Story (2006 Hardwicke), film

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  La sacra famiglia (The Holy Family / 2006 Mertes), film

Childhood of Jesus

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  Jesús, María y José (Jesus, Mary and Joseph / 1972 Zacarías), film

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  Un bambino di nome Gesù (1987 Rossi), film

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  La sacra famiglia (The Holy Family / 2006 Mertes), film

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  Io sono con te (2010 Chiesa), film

Jesus Hidden Years

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  Christus (1916 Antamoro), film

• Last Temptation Scorsese.png

  The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 Scorsese), film

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  I giardini dell'Eden (The Garden of Eden / 1998 D'Alatri), film

Passion of Jesus

Resurrection of Jesus

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  L'inchiesta (The Inquiry / 1986 Damiani), film

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  L'inchiesta (The Final Inquiry / 2006 Base), film

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  Color of the Cross 2: Resurrection (2008 LaMarre), film

External links

• [ Jesus of Nazareth] in Internet Movie Database