Jesus

Overview

The film is notable for presenting a more human Jesus, compared to more solemn portrayals in earlier films; here Jesus laughs and cries like anyone else. Among other things, he weeps at Joseph’s funeral, throws stones in Lake Galilee when meeting Simon Peter and James son of Zebedee for the first time, dances at the wedding at Cana, and starts a water-splashing fight with his disciples as well. Satan is portrayed as a man in modern dress (and as a woman in red). During his temptation of Jesus, he shows him the Earth from the vantage point of space. Satan also shows Jesus images of wars and destruction carried out in his name. The film adds an apocryphal Roman historian named “Livio” who watches and comments as events unfold; he is presumably named after Livy.

Released

25 December 1999

Budget

£0

Revenue

£0

Language

English German

Studio

Five Mile River Films Beta Film CBS Television Lux Vide Ceská Televize

Country of Origin

Czech Republic Germany Italy United States of America

Cast

Jeremy Sisto	...	Jesus
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Joseph
Debra Messing	...	Mary Magdalena
Gary Oldman	...	Pontius Pilatus
David O'Hara	...	John the Baptist
Claudio Amendola	...	Barabbas
Christian Kohlund	...	Caiaphas
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Maria

Crew

Cornelia von Braun	...	Casting
Benjamin A. Weissman	...	Editor
Roberta Cadringher	...	Producer
Russell Kagan	...	Producer
Paolo Piria	...	Producer
Patrick Williams	...	Original Music Composer
Raffaele Mertes	...	Director of Photography
Suzette Couture	...	Screenplay
Barbara Giordani	...	Casting
Wendy Kurtzman	...	Casting
Jeremy Zimmerman	...	Casting
Paolo Biagetti	...	Set Designer
Giovanni Viti	...	Costume Design
Roger Young	...	Director

(1999)

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