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''' The Passover Plot ''' is a film directed by [[Michael Campus]].
''' The Passover Plot ''' is a film directed by [[Michael Campus]]. Based on [[The Passover Plot (1965 Schonfield), arch-fi]].


==Editions and translations==
==Editions and translations==
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==Summary==
==Summary==
Based on Schonfield' work (1965). Jesus was a political leader who actually tried to overthrow Roman rule and fulfill the Jewish prophecy of the promised Messiah by making himself king of Israel. The finale has Christ drugged on the cross so that he appears to be dead, but the Passover plot is foiled when one of the Roman guards stabs him in the side before the body is claimed. Jesus dies after all but not before he is seen still alive after his crucifixion and burial, thus spreading the rumor of his resurrection.
Jesus was a political leader who actually tried to overthrow Roman rule and fulfill the Jewish prophecy of the promised Messiah by making himself king of Israel. The finale has Christ drugged on the cross so that he appears to be dead, but the Passover plot is foiled when one of the Roman guards stabs him in the side before the body is claimed. Jesus dies after all but not before he is seen still alive after his crucifixion and burial, thus spreading the rumor of his resurrection.


[[Category:Fiction]] [[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Fiction]] [[Category:Films]]

Revision as of 10:40, 13 October 2009

The Passover Plot is a film directed by Michael Campus. Based on The Passover Plot (1965 Schonfield), arch-fi.

Editions and translations

Produced in the United States (1976).

Summary

Jesus was a political leader who actually tried to overthrow Roman rule and fulfill the Jewish prophecy of the promised Messiah by making himself king of Israel. The finale has Christ drugged on the cross so that he appears to be dead, but the Passover plot is foiled when one of the Roman guards stabs him in the side before the body is claimed. Jesus dies after all but not before he is seen still alive after his crucifixion and burial, thus spreading the rumor of his resurrection.