Overview
1920s Greece is occupied by the Turks. A country in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. A small community conduct their annual Passion Play. The leading citizens, under auspices of the Patriarch, choose the actors: a stuttering shepherd as Jesus, the town butcher as Judas, the town prostitute as Mary Magdalene, and so on. As the story unfolds, the Passion becomes a reality.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 3, 1957
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- Italian, French
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Filmsonor,Prima Films,Indusfilms,Cinétel
- Cast
- Nicole Berger,Grégoire Aslan,Teddy Bilis,Roger Hanin,Carl Möhner,René Lefèvre,Maurice Ronet,Lucien Raimbourg,Fernand Ledoux,Jean Servaisand 4 more
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Producer
- Henri Bérard
- Cinematography
- Jacques Natteau
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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