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Acted by a company of Italian players and shot on locations in Egypt and Palestine, the film follows the biblical account of the story of Jesus of Nazareth from the events directly preceding his birth to his crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. | Acted by a company of Italian players and shot on locations in Egypt and Palestine, the film follows the biblical account of the story of Jesus of Nazareth from the events directly preceding his birth to his crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. The movie briefly touches upon the [[Childhood of Jesus]] and [[Jesus' Hidden Years]], events that are both located in Egypt. Besides the visit to the Jerusalem Temple, the script adds "apocryphal" details about Child Jesus preaching to the other children and Young Jesus preaching to the nomads of the desert and healing an Egyptian princess. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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Christus (1916) is a silent film directed by Giulio Antamoro
Abstract
Acted by a company of Italian players and shot on locations in Egypt and Palestine, the film follows the biblical account of the story of Jesus of Nazareth from the events directly preceding his birth to his crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. The movie briefly touches upon the Childhood of Jesus and Jesus' Hidden Years, events that are both located in Egypt. Besides the visit to the Jerusalem Temple, the script adds "apocryphal" details about Child Jesus preaching to the other children and Young Jesus preaching to the nomads of the desert and healing an Egyptian princess.
Cast
- Alberto Pasquali = Jesus of Nazareth
- Amleto Novelli = Pontius Pilate
- Leda Gys = Mary of Nazareth
- Augusto Mastripietri = Judas Iscariot
Editions and translations
Produced in Italy (1916). First released in Spain (8 April 1916) and Italy (Rome: 8 November 1916). Distributed in the United States (New York, NY: Criterion Theatre, 3 April 1917), Sweden (21 December 1917), Portugal (23 March 1918), Japan (20 January 1921), Germany (Berlin: 26 October 1921), ...
External links
- 1916
- Fiction
- Cinema
- Films
- Italian Fiction
- Italian Cinema
- Made in the 1910s
- Historical Jesus Studies
- Historical Jesus Studies--1910s
- Historical Jesus Studies--Italy
- Life of Jesus (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth--fiction (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth--cinema (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth--fiction (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth--cinema (subject)
- Pilate (subject)
- Pilate--fiction (subject)
- Pilate--cinema (subject)
- Judas Iscariot (subject)
- Judas Iscariot--fiction (subject)
- Judas Iscariot--cinema (subject)