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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Max von Sydow | ... | Jesus | |
| Michael Anderson Jr. | ... | James the Younger | |
| Carroll Baker | ... | Veronica | |
| Ina Balin | ... | Martha of Bethany | |
| Victor Buono | ... | Sorak | |
| Richard Conte | ... | Barabbas | |
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Joanna Dunham | ... | Mary Magdalene |
| José Ferrer | ... | Herod Antipas | |
| Van Heflin | ... | Bar Amand | |
| Charlton Heston | ... | John the Baptist | |
| Martin Landau | ... | Caiaphas | |
| Angela Lansbury | ... | Claudia | |
| Pat Boone | ... | Angel at the Tomb | |
| Janet Margolin | ... | Mary of Bethany | |
| David McCallum | ... | Judas Iscariot | |
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"My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment, it again looks back in triumphant retrospect. It is the anguishing crossroads where the eternal questions of faith and doubt become resolved. Written by alfiehitchie
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Country:
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9 April 1965 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
George Stevens Presents The Greatest Story Ever Told See more »Edit
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Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$15,473,333Company Credits
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2.76 : 1
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Narrator: In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I am He. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, was made nothing that has been made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of man. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not. The greatest story ever told...
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(uncredited)
from "The Messiah"
Music by George Frideric Handel
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Forty-seven sets were constructed, on-location, and in Hollywood studios, to accommodate the film. See more »Goofs
Throughout the film there are shots of snow on the ground and snow on the mountains of Utah. Israel rarely gets any snow. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I am He. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, was made nothing that has been made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of man. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not. The greatest story ever told...
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Original Cinerama version ran 260 minutes, subsequently cut over the years. The shortest version runs 141 minutes. Numerous versions have been shown on television. Network television print has only the main cast credits at the beginning and the technical credits at the end shown page-by-page (not "rolled up" as most prints), including a credit for "Cinerama". The most common version of the film shown today runs 195 minutes with all the credits rolled up at the beginning, and the end titles showing only the words "Released through United Artists". That particular version has been available on home video and cable TV. See more »Soundtracks
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An often under-rated attempt at the life of Christ, George Stevens' modestly titled epic was long, beautifully photographed and more than a little deferential to our saviour but it managed to keep my interest. Most of the film's critics believe the incessant cameos ruin it - though I think the brash, mainly American contingent make quite an accurate portrayal of humanity opposite serene Swede Max von Sydow. And it is to Him the film belongs. His first english-language film & one he admits isn't a masterpiece is notable for a performance from a man who played Jesus as a man and not as a God. Whatever, he was so good he almost converted this hardened atheist.