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ERA
Did you know
47 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Cast
Brian Deacon
Jesus
Rivka Neuman
Mary
Alexander Scourby
Luke (voice)
Niko Nitai
Simon Peter
Yosef Shiloach
Joseph
Ori Levy
Caiaphas
Mosko Alkalai
Matthew
Kobi Assaf
Philip
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Peter Sykes
- Writers
- Barnet Fishbein
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts 🍿
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CAST
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Brian Deacon and Rivka Neuman and Alexander Scourby carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The story of Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0079368 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Peter Sykes directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 147 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Brian Deacon and Rivka Neuman and Alexander Scourby carry the top of the cast.
- 3Marketing tagline: "The story of Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke.".
- 4IMDB entry: tt0079368 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Classified under 12 themes, including "christianity", "miracle", "crucifixion", "bible".
The technical file
- Costume design
- Rochelle Zaltzman
- Runtime
- 117 min · 1h 57m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- G
- IMDB
- Jesus (1979)
Also by
Peter Sykes
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- IN
Inspirational Films
- TH
The Genesis Project
Key crew
- ProducerJohn Heyman
- ProducerRichard Dalton
- Art DirectionRoy Stannard
- Costume DesignRochelle Zaltzman
- Costume DesignEti Khan
- MusicLuigi Patruno
- CinematographyMike Reid
- MusicLuciano Salvemini
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- christianity
- miracle
- crucifixion
- bible
- religion
- whipping
- religious film
- gospel of luke
- 1st century
- christian film
- independent film
- inspirational
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1979-10-19G
Also known as
International titles
- GesùIT
- Jesus - Segundo o Evangelho de LucasBR
- The Jesus FilmUS
- Aufregung um JesusDE
- Der JesusfilmDE
- Jesus der FilmDE
- Iso MahisUZ
- JezusPL
