The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.
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| Jean Marais | ... | Ponzio Pilato | |
| Jeanne Crain | ... | Claudia Procula | |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | Caiaphas | |
| Letícia Román | ... | Sarah | |
| Massimo Serato | ... | Nicodemus | |
| Riccardo Garrone | ... | Galba | |
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Livio Lorenzon | ... | Barabbas |
| Gianni Garko | ... | Jonathan | |
| John Drew Barrymore | ... | Judas / Jesus | |
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Roger Tréville | ... | Aaron El Mesin |
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Carlo Giustini | ... | Decio |
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Dante DiPaolo | ... | Simone |
| Paul Muller | ... | Mehlik | |
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Alfredo Varelli | ... | Giuseppe d'Arimatea |
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Manuela Ballard | ... | Ester (as Manoela Ballard) |
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The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.
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1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Basil Rathbone, who plays Caiaphas in this, took a turn as Pontius Pilate in the 1935 production from RKO, The Last Days of Pompeii. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The director had great ambitions;he wanted to mix politics with religion but the results show too much confusion,and the fact that Jesus and Judas are played by the same actor (!) doesn't help.Actually Jesus appears lately in the production ;the first half is marred by too many subplots :the aqueduct,the young girl who tries to seduce Pilate,the Sanhedrin,Nicodemus,gladiators devoured by ouch! crocodiles,Barabbas who sometimes seems at the Sanhedrin's beck and call,and of course the Temple.Irving Rapper has certainly De Millesque ambitions but he 's no match for the "ten commandments" man.He should have stuck to melodrama ("Now voyager",1942).
Pilate is played by great actor Jean Marais,but the production is overwhelming and he can't really display his brilliant skills.In fact,the movie is a flashback (Why?The screen play did not ask for that at all).
The second part is more run of the mill Passion stuff even if the camera focuses on Pilate,showing the crucifixion from a distance.To "enliven" things a bit,it seems that Good Friday events are turned into a disaster movie,complete with destruction of Pilate's palace and his wife's death.
Rapper ,like Wyler before him in "Ben Hur" ,never shows the Christ's face,except for a shot of his eyes.As for Barabbas,you'll always be better off with Richard Fleischer's eponymous movie(1962)