Das 1. Evangelium – Matthäus (1965)
Um die Zeitenwende wird in Palästina dem Juden Joseph im Traum eine Botschaft vermittelt: Seine Partnerin Maria wird, von Gott bewirkt, den Erlöser Jesus gebären. Als das eintritt, muss das Kind vor König Herodes gerettet werden, der einen prophezeiten jüdischen Herrscher fürchtet. Erwachsen geworden sucht Jesus den Endzeit-Prediger Johannes auf, der ihn neben anderen im Fluss Jordan tauft. Nach einem Rückzug in die Wüste tritt er dann mit Schülern als Heiler und Verkünder der Gottesherrschaft auf.
Der Regisseur: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Enrique Irazoqui as Cristo |
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Margherita Caruso as Maria (Giovane) |
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Susanna Pasolini as Maria (Vecchia) |
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Marcello Morante as Giuseppe |
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Mario Socrate as Giovanni Battista |
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Settimio Di Porto as Pietro |
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Alfonso Gatto as Andrea |
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Luigi Barbini as Giacomo |
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Giacomo Morante as Giovanni |
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Giorgio Agamben as Filippo |
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Guido Cerretani as Bartolomeo |
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Guido Cerretani as Bartolomeo |
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Rosario Migale as Tommaso |
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Ferruccio Nuzzo as Matteo |
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Marcello Galdini as Giacomo Figlio di Alfeo |
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Elio Spaziani as Taddeo |
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Enzo Siciliano as Simone |
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Otello Sestili as Giuda |
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Juan Rodolfo Wilcock as Caifa |
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Alessandro Tasca as Ponzio Pilato |
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Amerigo Bevilacqua as Erode I |
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Francesco Leonetti as Erode II |
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Franca Cupane as Erodiade |
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Paola Tedesco as Salomè |
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Rossana Di Rocco as L'Angelo del Signore |
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Renato Terra as Un Indemoniato |
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Eliseo Boschi as Giuseppe D'Arimatea |
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Natalia Ginzburg as Maria di Betania |
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Umberto Bevilacqua as Boia di Giovanni Battista (uncredited) |
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Silvio Citti as Stefaton (uncredited) |
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Ninetto Davoli as Pastore con Bambino (uncredited) |
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Domenico Notarangelo as Centurion (uncredited) |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Directing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Director |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Writer |
| Art | Luigi Scaccianoce | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lamberto Marini | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Manolo Bolognini | Production Manager |
| Camera | Vittorugo Contino | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Eliseo Boschi | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Enzo Ocone | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcello Ceccarelli | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mimma Pomilia | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Paolo Schneider | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Elsa Morante | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Andreina Casini | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giovanni Canfarelli Modica | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Luis Bacalov | Music Arranger |
| Art | Ettore Catalucci | Title Designer |
| Directing | Maurizio Lucidi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Vincenzo Cerami | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | Lina D'Amico | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Mario Del Pezzo | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Cicoletti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Bruno Frascà | Production Secretary |
| Production | Alfredo Bini | Producer |
| Camera | Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Luis Bacalov | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Angelo Novi | Still Photographer |