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List Of Movies Where The Character Of Jesus Appears

Among the historical figures and biblical Jesus was often depicted on screen.

Year Title Director Role of Jesus Country
1898 The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ George Hatot Bretteau France
1899 Christ Walking on the Water Georges Melies Georges Melies France
1906 Life of Christ Alice Guy Edward Grisollet France
1907 The Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Ferdinand Zecca Jacques Normand France
1909 The Kiss of Judas Andr Calmettes John Sully Mounet France
1912 The Pilgrim Mario Caserini Emilio Ghione Italy
1912 Jesus of Nazareth Sidney Olcott Robert Henderson-Bland United States
1912 Herodias Orestes Mentasti Mario Roncoroni Italy
1914 The Last Supper Lorimer Johnston Sydney Ayres United States
1916 Intolerance DW Griffith Howard Gaye United States
1916 Christus Giulio Antamoro Alberto Pasquali Italy
1917 Judas Febo Mari Mr. Vannoti Italy
1918 Restitution Howard Gaye Howard Gaye United States
1918 Mary Magdalene Aldo Molinari Guido Guiducci Italy
1919 Redemption Carmine Gallone Alberto Pasquali Italy
1921 Pages torn from the book of Satan Carl Theodor Dreyer Halvard Hoff Denmark
1923 INRI Robert Wiene Gregori Chmara Germany
1927 The King of Kings Cecil B. DeMille HB Warner United States
1927 The Agony of Jerusalem Julien Duvivier Lionel Salem France
1928 Jesus of Nazareth unknown Philip Van Loan United States
1935 Golgotha Julien Duvivier Robert Le Vigan France
1942 Jesus of Nazareth Jos Daz Morales Jose Cibrian Mexico
1946 Maria Magdalene Miguel Contreras Torres Luis Alcoriza Mexico
1948 Reina de reinas: La Virgen Mara Miguel Contreras Torres Luis Alcoriza Mexico
1950 Mater Dei Emilio Cordero Giorgio Constantini Italy
1951 The Living Christ Series John T. Coyle Robert Wilson United States
1952 The Martyr of Calvary Miguel Morayta Enrique Rambal Spain
1953 The Robe Henry Koster Donald C. Klun United States
1953 I Beheld His Glory (TV) John T. Coyle Robert Wilson United States
1954 Day of Triumph John T. Coyle Robert Wilson United States
1954 The Son of Man Virgilio Sabel Eugenio Valenti Italy
1954 The Kiss of Judas Rafael Gil Gabriel Alcover Spain
1958 The Power of the Resurrection Harold D. Schuster Jon Shepodd United States
1959 The Redeemer Joseph Breen Luis Alvarez Spain / United States
1959 Ben-Hur William Wyler Claude Heater United States
1961 The King of Kings Nicholas Ray Jeffrey Hunter United States
1962 Barabbas Richard Fleischer Roy Mangano Italy / United States
1963 The Mystery of the Passion Manoel de Oliveira Nicolau Nunes Da Silva Portugal
1964 The Gospel according to St. Matthew Pier Paolo Pasolini Enrique Irazoqui Italy
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told George Stevens Max von Sydow United States
1971 Jess, nuestro Seor Miguel Zacarias Claudio Brook Mexico
1973 Gospel Road Robert Elfstrom Robert Elfstrom United States
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar Norman Jewison Ted Neeley United States
1973 Godspell David Greene Victor Garber United States
1975 The Messiah Roberto Rossellini Pier Maria Rossi Italy
1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV) Franco Zeffirelli Robert Powell Italy
1978 The Passion (TV) Raoul Sangla Alain Claessens France
1979 Jesus Peter Sykes / John Krish Brian Deacon United States
1979 In Search of Historic Jesus Henning Schellerup John Rubinstein United States
1979 Monty Python's Life of Brian Terry Jones Ken Colley United Kingdom
1980 The Day Christ Died (TV) James Cellan Jones Chris Sarandon United States
1981 The Thief Pasquale Festa Campanile Claudio Cassinelli Italy
1981 The History of the World Mel Brooks John Hurt United States
1985 AD - Anno Domini (TV) Stuart Cooper Michael Wilding Jr. United States
1987 L'Enfant (TV) Franco Rossi Alessandro Gassman Italy
1988 The Last Temptation of Christ Martin Scorsese Willem Dafoe United States
1991 Johannes-Passion Hugo Niebeling Christoph Quest Germany
1993 Johannes-Passion Regardt van den Bergh Bruce Marchiano South Africa
1995 Mary of Nazareth Jean Delannoy Didier Beloved France
1999 Mary, Mother of Jesus (TV) Kevin Connor Christian Bale United States
1999 Jesus (TV) Roger Young Jeremy Sisto United States
1999 Jesus (TV) Serge Moati Arnaud Giovaninetti France
2000 Jesus Christ Superstar (TV) Gale Edwards Glenn Carter United States
2000 It was a Miracle Derek Hayes and Stanislav Sokolov Ralph Fiennes UK / Russia
2001 Cross (TV) Lance Tracy Larry Salberg United States
2001 Judas (TV) Raffaele Mertes Danny Quinn United States
2001 Thomas (TV) Raffaele Mertes Danny Quinn United States
2003 The Gospel of John Philip Saville Henry Ian Cusick Canada / United Kingdom
2003 Maria - Me do Filho de Deus Moacyr Ges Luigi Baricella Brazil
2004 Judas (TV) Charles Robert Carner Jonathan Scarfe United States
2004 The Passion of Christ Mel Gibson Jim Caviezel United States
2006 The Holy Family (TV) Raffaele Mertes Brando Pacitto United States

See also

Bibliography

  • (En) Henri Agel , The Face of Christ on the screen, Descle , et al. "Jesus Christ" (No. 4), Paris, 1985, 238 p. ( ISBN 2-7189-0272-8 )
  • (En) Pierre Prigent, Jesus in film, Labor et Fides , et al. "Free" (No. 37), Geneva, 1997, 91 p. ( ISBN 2-8309-0806-6 )
  • (In) W. Barnes Tatum, Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years, Polebridge Press, Santa Rosa, 1997, 245 p. , Repr. 2004, 293 p. ( ISBN 0-944344-67-4 )

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