- Country Italy
- Original language English
- Genres Drama, Mini-Series
- Runtime 95 minutes
- Total runtime 6 hours 20 minutes
- Status Ended
- Network ITV1
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Showrunner
Franco Zeffirelli
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External links
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IMDB page
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Last update
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Jesus of Nazareth
64 members
1 season4 episodes
Jesus of Nazareth is a 1977 epic television drama serial directed by Franco Zeffirelli and co-written by Anthony Burgess and Suso Cecchi d'Amico, which dramatizes the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. It stars Robert Powell as Jesus, and features an all-star ensemble cast of renowned actors, including eight who had won or would go on to win Academy Awards: Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quinn, Rod Steiger, James Earl Jones and Peter Ustinov.
Season
Episodes
Actors (85)
Robert Powell
Jesus
Olivia Hussey
Virgin Mary
Yorgo Voyagis
Joseph
Anne Bancroft
Mary Magdalene
Christopher Plummer
Herod Antipas
Anthony Quinn
Caiaphas
Ian McShane
Judas Iscariot
Ernest Borgnine
The Centurion
James Farentino
Simon Peter
Michael York
John the Baptist
James Earl Jones
Balthazar
Peter Ustinov
Herod the Great
Ian Holm
Zerah
Valentina Cortese
Herodias
Rod Steiger
Pontius Pilate
Claudia Cardinale
The Adulteress
Laurence Olivier
Nicodemus
Tony Vogel
Andrew
John Duttine
John the Evangelist
Lee Montague
Habbukuk
Mark Eden
Quartus
Robert Beatty
Proculus
Maria Carta
Martha
Simon MacCorkindale
Lucius
Ralph Richardson
Simeon
Stacy Keach
Barabbas
Marina Berti
Elizabeth
John Phillips
Naso
Martin Benson
Pharisee
Oliver Tobias
Joel
Donald Pleasence
Melchior
Norman Bowler
Saturninus
Roy Holder
Enoch
Renato Rascel
The Blind Man
Cyril Shaps
Obsessed Boy's Father
Ian Bannen
Amos
Francis de Wolff
Simon the Pharisee
Donald Sumpter
Aram
Tony Lo Bianco
Quintilius
Ken Jones
Jotham
Cyril Cusack
Yehuda the Rabbi
James Mason
Joseph of Arimathea
Fernando Rey
Gaspar
Keith Skinner
Obsessed Boy
Murray Salem
Simon the Zealot
Bruno Barnabe
Ezra
Jonathan Adams
Adam
Nikki Van der Zyl
Salome
Derek Godfrey
Elihu
Jonathan Muller
James I
Sergio Nicolai
James II
John Eastham
Bartholomew
Keith Washington
Matthew
David Garfield
Amos
Robert Rietti
Various small roles
Nancy Nevinson
Abigail
Christopher Reich
Circumcision Priest
Lorenzo Monet
Jesus at 12 yrs old
Steve Gardner
Philip
John Tordoff
Malachi
Isabel Mestres
Salome
Renato Montalbano
Jairus
Bruce Lidington
Thomas
Oliver Smith
Saul
Regina Bianchi
Anna
Robert Brown
A Pharasee
Renato Terra
Abel
Michael Cronin
Eliphaz
Forbes Collins
Jonas
Michael Haughey
Nahum
Robert Davey
Daniel
George Camiller
Hosias
Antonello Campodifiori
Ircanus
Tim Pearce
Rufus
Lionel Guyett
Haggai
Peter Harlowe
Valerius
Carl Forgione
Plotinus
Pino Colizzi
Jobab
Norman Eshley
Joseph
Immad Cohen
Young Jesus
Stefan Kalipha
Melchior's aide
Harold Bennett
Elder
Andrew Manson
Zealot & Various
Paul Curran
Samuel
Mimmo Crao
Thaddeus
Videos
Jesus of Nazareth - Trailer
(Season 1)
(Season 1)
25 mars 2025
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