The traitor of the Lord - Judas Iscariot

Movie
German title	The traitor of the Lord - Judas Iscariot
Original title	El beso de Judas
Country of production	Spain
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1954
length	93 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Rafael Gil
script	Vicente Escriva Ramon D. Faraldo Rafael Gil
music	Cristóbal Halffter
camera	Alfredo Fraile (b / w)
cut	José Antonio Rojo
occupation
Rafael Rivelles : Judas Iscariot Francisco Rabal : Quintus Licinius Gérard Tichy : Pontius Pilatus Fernando Sancho : father of the convict José Nieto : Jesus Christ Manuel Monroy : Peter Félix Dafauce : Michael Francisco Arenzana : Dimas Luis Hurtado Mercedes Albert

The traitor of the Lord - Judas Iscariot (original title: El beso de Judas - "The Judas kiss") is a Spanish Bible adaptation that focuses on the person of Judas Iscariot . The black-and-white film directed by Rafael Gil in 1953 was only shown in German-speaking countries almost ten years later, on April 6, 1962. A later title of the film is One Will Betray Me .

action

Judas Iscariot is a revolutionary Jew who, for political reasons, joins the preacher Jesus, who is revered as the new Messiah. After witnessing his speeches and deeds, including some miracles, he turns away from him disappointed and hands him over to his opponents.

criticism

In the dictionary of fantasy films, Ronald M. Hahn / Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau rate the film as "a kind of psychological justification for the greatest traitor of all time in the tried and tested musty B-film style." The dictionary of international films noted that he was going " extremely free with the report of the Holy Scriptures (cf. um) and makes use of a theatrical style that hardly goes beyond externals. "

Remarks

The film was shot from August 8 to November 10, 1953 and premiered in February 1954. Until the 1990s, this was the only film that put Judas at the center of the plot.

Web links

• The traitor of the Lord - Judas Iscariot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Data at mundocine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 (= Heyne-Bücher 01. Heyne-Sachbuch 7275). Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , p. 546.
2. ↑ The betrayer of the Lord - Judas Iscariot. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ detailed appraisal on cinereligioso.es ( memento of October 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Thomas Langkau: Film star Jesus Christ. The latest Jesus films as a challenge for theology and religious education (= literature - media - religion. Vol. 19). Lit, Berlin et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0196-0 , p. 158.