Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
4 Episodes
Part 1
E1
Part 1After Joseph and Mary's betrothal, Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus is born.
Part 2
E2
Part 2Jesus meets Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist and continues to perform miracles among his people.
Part 3
E3
Part 3Judas implores Zerah to let Jesus appear before the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, where 'He will be handed over to the unbelievers.'
Part 4
E4
Part 4Christ is condemned and crucified, dying on the cross, but He is resurrected on the third day.
Cast of Miniseries
Robert PowellJesus
Olivia HusseyVirgin Mary
Yorgo VoyagisJoseph
Anne BancroftMary Magdalene
Christopher PlummerHerod Antipas
Anthony QuinnCaiaphas
Ian McShaneJudas Iscariot
Ernest BorgnineThe Centurion
James FarentinoSimon Peter
Michael YorkJohn the Baptist
James Earl JonesBalthazar
Peter UstinovHerod the Great
Ian HolmZerah
Valentina CorteseHerodias
Rod SteigerPontius Pilate
Claudia CardinaleThe Adulteress
Laurence OlivierNicodemus
Tony VogelAndrew
Jonathan DuttineJohn the Evangelist
Lee MontagueHabbukuk
Mark EdenQuartus
Robert BeattyProculus
Maria CartaMartha
Simon MacCorkindaleLucius
Ralph RichardsonSimeon
Stacy KeachBarabbas
Marina BertiElizabeth
John PhillipsNaso
Martin BensonPharisee
Oliver TobiasJoel
Donald PleasenceMelchior
Norman BowlerSaturninus
Roy HolderEnoch
Renato RascelThe Blind Man
Cyril ShapsObsessed Boy's Father
Ian BannenAmos
Donald SumpterAram
Tony Lo BiancoQuintilius
Ken JonesJotham
Cyril CusackYehuda the Rabbi
James MasonJoseph of Arimathea
Fernando ReyGaspar
Keith SkinnerObsessed Boy
Murray SalemSimon the Zealot
Bruno BarnabeEzra
Jonathan AdamsAdam
Nikki Van der ZylSalome
Derek GodfreyElihu
Jonathan MullerJames I
Sergio NicolaiJames II
John EasthamBartholomew
Keith WashingtonMatthew
David GarfieldAmos
Robert RiettiVarious small roles
Nancy NevinsonAbigail
Christopher ReichCircumcision Priest
Lorenzo MonetJesus at 12 yrs old
Steve GardnerPhilip
John TordoffMalachi
Isabel MestresSalome
Renato MontalbanoJairus
Bruce LidingtonThomas
Oliver SmithSaul
Regina BianchiAnna
Robert BrownA Pharasee
Renato TerraAbel
Michael CroninEliphaz
Forbes CollinsJonas
Michael HaugheyNahum
Robert DaveyDaniel
George CamillerHosias
Antonello CampodifioriIrcanus
Tim PearceRufus
Lionel GuyettHaggai
Peter HarloweValerius
Carl ForgionePlotinus
Pino ColizziJobab
Norman EshleyJoseph
Immad CohenYoung Jesus
Stefan KaliphaMelchior's aide
Harold BennettElder
Andrew MansonZealot & Various
Paul CurranSamuel
Mimmo CraoThaddeus
Mohamed AbbaziDirector
Piero AmatiDirector
Pippo PisciottoDirector
Lew GradeProducer
Vincenzo LabellaProducer
Dyson LovellProducer
Tarak Ben AmmarProducer
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