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Jesus of Nazareth

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.

1977 |1 Season  | 1h 37m |  Drama

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Cast

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Robert Powell

Jesus

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Olivia Hussey

Virgin Mary

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Yorgo Voyagis

Joseph

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Anne Bancroft

Mary Magdalene

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Christopher Plummer

Herod Antipas

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Anthony Quinn

Caiaphas

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Ian McShane

Judas Iscariot

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Ernest Borgnine

The Centurion

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James Farentino

Simon Peter

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Michael York

John the Baptist

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James Earl Jones

Balthazar

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Peter Ustinov

Herod the Great

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Ian Holm

Zerah

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Valentina Cortese

Herodias

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Rod Steiger

Pontius Pilate

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Claudia Cardinale

The Adulteress

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Laurence Olivier

Nicodemus

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Tony Vogel

Andrew

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Lee Montague

Habbukuk

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Mark Eden

Quartus

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Robert Beatty

Proculus

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Maria Carta

Martha

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Simon MacCorkindale

Lucius

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Ralph Richardson

Simeon

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Stacy Keach

Barabbas

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Marina Berti

Elizabeth

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John Phillips

Naso

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Martin Benson

Pharisee

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Oliver Tobias

Joel

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Donald Pleasence

Melchior

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Norman Bowler

Saturninus

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Roy Holder

Enoch

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Renato Rascel

The Blind Man

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Cyril Shaps

Obsessed Boy's Father

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Ian Bannen

Amos

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Francis de Wolff

Simon the Pharisee

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Donald Sumpter

Aram

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Tony Lo Bianco

Quintilius

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Ken Jones

Jotham

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Cyril Cusack

Yehuda the Rabbi

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James Mason

Joseph of Arimathea

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Fernando Rey

Gaspar

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Keith Skinner

Obsessed Boy

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Nikki Van der Zyl

Salome

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Derek Godfrey

Elihu

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Sergio Nicolai

James II

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Robert Rietti

Various small roles

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Nancy Nevinson

Abigail

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John Tordoff

Malachi

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Isabel Mestres

Salome

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Renato Montalbano

Jairus

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Bruce Lidington

Thomas

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Regina Bianchi

Anna

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Robert Brown

A Pharasee

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Renato Terra

Abel

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Michael Cronin

Eliphaz

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Forbes Collins

Jonas

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George Camiller

Hosias

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Antonello Campodifiori

Ircanus

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Pino Colizzi

Jobab

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Norman Eshley

Joseph

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Stefan Kalipha

Melchior's aide

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Harold Bennett

Elder

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Mimmo Crao

Thaddeus

Seasons List

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Specials

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Miniseries

1977

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Creator

Franco Zeffirelli

Status

Ended

Languages

English, French, Italian, Spanish

Network

NBC