The third and fourth parts of Zeffirelli's epic life of Christ. find out more...

Typically superb production from the BBC series that gives the definitive study versions of the great bard's plays. find out more...

A controversial version of the gospels in which the central conflict is seen in terms of political struggle and betrayal. Detailing the Jews' rebellion against the oppressive power of Rome, it elevates Barabbas to the status of a proto-Zionist nationalist leader, and the dynamics of the narrative are presented as the consequence of wide-ranging historical movements rather than in terms of individuals. When Jesus is born in Bethlehem there are some who recognize him as the future king of the J find out more...

Among the lavish sets one can detect a plot in which one of Nero's Roman commanders falls in love with a Christian girl and they both get thrown to the lions. Ustinov barks, foams at the mouth, sets fire to the eternal city, and steals the show. Rivetting acting in one of the last great cinema epics.

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Interminable and intolerably reverential rendering recreation of the life of Jesus Christ, from birth to death and supposed resurrection. find out more...

A big budget dramatisation of the birth of Christ that focuses on the arduous journey of his pregnant mother and her husband to the Bethlehem innkeeper's legendary stables. Virgin birth!!! Pull the other one Mary. Admirably made - aimed at 'believers'. find out more...

A Hollywood biblical epic and the first film to be filmed in Cinemascope. The robe in question being the one Christ wore on the cross, the story focuses on the centurian Marcellus, winner of the garment in a wager, and the profound effect it has on his life. find out more...