The Messiah (film)

Movie
German title	The Messiah
Original title	Il Messia
Country of production	Italy , France
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1975
length	140 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Roberto Rossellini
script	Silvia d'Amico Bendico Roberto Rossellini
production	Silvia d'Amico Bendico
music	Mario Nascimbene
camera	Mario Montuori
occupation
Pier Maria Rossi : Jesus Christ Mita Ungaro : Maria Carlos de Carvalho : John the Baptist Yatsugi Khelil : Joseph Jean Martin : Pontius Pilate Fausto Di Bella : King Saul Vernon Dobtcheff : Samuel Antonella Fasano : Maria Magdalena Toni Ucci : Herod Antipas Vittorio Caprioli : Herod the Great Renato Scarpa : Herod's brother Denise Bataille : Herod's sister Flora Carabella : Herodias Anita Bartolucci : The Samaritan Woman Tina Aumont : The Adulteress

The Messiah is a film by Roberto Rossellini that was shown to the public for the first time in October 1975 at the Montecatini Film Festival .

action

The life of Jesus of Nazareth is told . The film begins with the birth in Bethlehem and covers the subject up to the crucifixion and resurrection .

backgrounds

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In the 1975 film, director Roberto Rossellini deliberately dispensed with camera effects and tried to capture naturalness and the often improvised reactions of the actors and extras with long recordings, often up to a minute. The script , which reproduces the biblical story in great detail, could have gained a bit of speed in some places, but is considered successful. The equipment and the sets , created in Tunisia , are lively and not too overloaded. Violence is renounced in The Messiah . The crucifixion scene, for example, only begins when Jesus is already hanging on the cross.

Web links

• The Messiah in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stefano Masi, Enrico Lancia: I film di Roberto Rossellini . Rome 1987, p. 133