I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity (1923)
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
Director: Robert Wiene
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Gregori Chmara as Jesus Christ |
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Henny Porten as Maria |
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Asta Nielsen as Maria Magdalena |
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Werner Krauss as Pontius Pilatus |
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Alexander Granach as Judas Ischariot |
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Emanuel Reicher as Kaiphas |
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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Johannes |
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Lionel Royce as Bartholomäus |
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Theodor Becker as Der röische Hauptmann |
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Max Kronert as Jacobus der Älere |
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Robert Taube as Annas |
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Bruno Ziener as Simon Petrus |
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Emil Lind as Thomas |
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Walter Neumann as Matthäus |
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Guido Herzfeld as Simon |
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Willem Nagel as Philippus |
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Eduard Kandl as Andreas |
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Walter Werner as Lebdäus |
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Paul Graetz as Jairus |
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Maria Kryshanovskaya as Jairus' Töchterlein |
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Erik Ode as Jesus als Kind |
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Elsa Wagner as Die Mutter |
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Erich Walter as Der Mönch |
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Ernst Dernburg as Der Gerichtspräsident |
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Gustav Oberg as Der Staatsanwalt |
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Jaro Fürth as Der Verteidiger |
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Polikarp Pavlov as Der Gefängniswärter (as Pavel Pavlov) |
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Mathilde Sussin as Eine gelähmte Frau |
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Rose Veldtkirch as |
| Directing | Robert Wiene | Director |
| Camera | Axel Graatkjær | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Reimar Kuntze | Camera Operator |
| Production | Ernö Metzner | Production Designer |
| Sound | Willy Schmidt-Gentner | Music |
| Editing | Robert Wiene | Editor |
| Production | Hans Neumann | Producer |
| Production | Hans von Wolzogen | Production Manager |
| Camera | Ludwig Lippert | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernö Metzner | Costume Design |
| Art | Ernö Metzner | Art Direction |
| Writing | Robert Wiene | Writer |
| Writing | Peter Rosegger | Novel |