La sacra famiglia (The Holy Family / 2006 Mertes), TV mini-series
La sacra famiglia <Italian> / The Holy Family (2006) is a TV miniseries (sound, color, 200m, in two episodes), directed by Raffaele Mertes.
Abstract
A free retelling of the story of the Holy Family, detailing the Nativity of Jesus (part 1) and the Childhood of Jesus (part 2), until the death of Joseph of Nazareth. Filmed in Jordan.
After Jesús, María y José (Jesus, Mary and Joseph / 1972 Zacarías), feature film, and Un bambino di nome Gesù (A Child Called Jesus / 1987 Rossi), TV mini-series, it was one of the few movies to elaborate on the Childhood of Jesus.
Cast
- Alessandro Gassman = Joseph of Nazareth
- Ana Caterina Morariu = Mary of Nazareth
- Brando Pacitto = Jesus of Nazareth
- Franco Nero = Zacharias
- Angela Molina = Elizabeth
Production
Produced and broadcast in Italy on Canale 5 (10-11 December 2006 and again, on Christmas time, in December 2007, 2011 and 2012 on the same channel). Distributed in Greece, Portugal, and internationally.
External links
- 2006
- Fiction--2000s
- Fiction--Italian
- Cinema--2000s
- Cinema--Italian
- TV Films
- Italian language--2000s
- Historical Jesus Studies--2000s
- Historical Jesus Studies--Italian
- Historical Jesus Studies--Fiction
- Nativity of Jesus (subject)
- Childhood of Jesus (subject)
- Holy Family (subject)
- Joseph of Nazareth (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth--fiction (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth--cinema (subject)