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.
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody...
Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back th...
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 ...
A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diver...
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused...
Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way...
The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous ...
Mary traces the lives of a woman caught in a scandal of adultery, another rejected and ignored becau...
Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haa...
In Israel, a joint French-Israeli scientific mission is set to unearth the secrets of the hill of Ki...
As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective o...
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious dru...
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutio...
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos f...
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a...
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.