Jesus of Nazareth (1976)

Movie
German title	Jesus of Nazareth
Original title	The Passover Plot
Country of production	Israel , United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1976
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Michael Campus
script	Patricia Louisianna Knop , ; Millard Cohan, ; Hugh J. Schonfield (author of the book)
production	Menahem Golan , ; Wolf Schmidt
music	Alex North
camera	Adam Greenberg
cut	Dov Hoenig
occupation
	Zalman King : Jesus of Nazareth ( Yeshua ); Harry Andrews : John the Baptist ; Hugh Griffith : Caiaphas ; Donald Pleasence : Pontius Pilate ; Scott Wilson : Judah ; Daniel Ades : Andros ; Michael Baseleon : Matthew ; Lewis Van Bergen : Yoram ; William Paul Burns : Shimon ; Dan Hedaya : Yaocov ; Helena Kallianiotes : Woman with Visions ; Robert Walker junior : Bar Talmi ; Kevin O'Connor : Irijah (Jeremiah); William Watson : Roman centurion; Heinz Bernard : high priest ; Josef Shiloach : a zealot ;

Jesus of Nazareth (English: The Passover Plot ) is a film drama from 1976 . The movie should not be confused with the 1977 film of the same name in Germany .

content

The film follows in its plot the book The Passover Plot by the British Bible student Hugh J. Schonfield , Nazarene faith . Accordingly, the film does not describe the Christ story in the usual New Testament way .

Jesus takes a drug , appears to be dead but does not die on the cross . He is buried in a cave and then freed from his followers. Ultimately, it is rumored that he rose from the dead.

background

The film was shot in Israel . Michael Campus was responsible for the direction, whose best-known film Streets to Hell ( The Mack ) was made shortly before in 1973. Patricia Louisianna Knop, later known for the feature films 9½ Weeks (1986) and Wilde Orchidee (1989) as well as some episodes of the erotic series Foxy Fantasies (1996), was obviously responsible for the script implementation . The main actor, Zalman King, was the scriptwriter's husband. The film was shown in Israeli and US cinemas as early as 1976. The film was only released in German cinemas on June 17, 1977. The costume designer of the film Mary Wills received an Oscar nomination in 1977 for best costume design . The film was later released on VHS in both English and German .

Web links

Jesus of Nazareth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Jesus of Nazareth in the online movie database

Individual evidence

↑ The film length is obviously incorrectly shown in the Internet Movie Database as 108 minutes. Moviepilot shows the film with a length of 88 minutes. On the cover of the German VHS release, the film length was shown as 86 minutes. (Source: Moviepilot. Jesus of Nazareth and: The Passover Plot, version view )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Moviepilot. Jesus of Nazareth , accessed on: January 14, 2020
↑ See English Wikipedia: en: The Passover Plot
↑ IMDb. Jesus of Nazareth (1976) Release Info , accessed: January 14, 2020

[1] The film length is obviously incorrectly shown in the Internet Movie Database as 108 minutes. Moviepilot shows the film with a length of 88 minutes. On the cover of the German VHS release, the film length was shown as 86 minutes. (Source: Moviepilot. Jesus of Nazareth and: The Passover Plot, version view )

[A-2] Moviepilot. Jesus of Nazareth , accessed on: January 14, 2020

[3] See English Wikipedia: en: The Passover Plot

[4] IMDb. Jesus of Nazareth (1976) Release Info , accessed: January 14, 2020