Rossellini takes numerous liberties with the original source material, rearranging and omitting events at will, presenting everything in a highly undramatic fashion. The film begins in the time of the Old Testament, allowing Rossellini to present the story of Jesus in its ancient, historic context.
Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back th...
Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.
The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God app...
The success of Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hand...
Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whol...
In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbul...
An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, rememb...
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details ...
Jesus, a carpenter living a simple life, discovers his destiny as the biblical Messiah.
The story takes place in 1917. Véronique is a young woman of 35 years, nurse at the military hospita...
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is give...
Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nati...
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody...
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos f...
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himme...
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against ...