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.

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way...

The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God app...

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...

Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his t...

A middle-aged Orthodox Jew, Aaron, living and working in Jerusalem with his wife and children, meets...

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the rut...

Jake wants nothing more than to spend his Christmas vacation with his girlfriend Abbey. So when Abbe...

A Palestinian girl is smuggled into Jerusalem to become a suicide bomber, but first she has to convi...

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective o...

Tov Matheson is a war veteran with PTSD who perceives that the apocalypse is coming. After starting ...

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They...

The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous ...

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pila...

In 35 A.D., a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection ...

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutio...

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody...

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 ...