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| Roger Young: Jesus (IT 1999) with Jeremy Sisto (Jesus) and Jacqueline Bisset (Mary). |
Raamattu: Jeesus / The Bible Collection: Jesus. TV Mini Series.
Italy / Germany / United States / France / Spain / Czech Republic / Netherlands / United Kingdom / Malta / Morocco 1999. PC: Lux Vide. P: Russell Kagan.
D: Roger Young. Teleplay: Suzette Couture. Cin: Raffaele Mertes. PD: Paolo Biagetti. Cost: Simonetta Leoncini, Giovanni Viti. SFX: Claudio Quaglietti. VFX: David Bush. M: Patrick Williams. S: G. Michael Graham. ED: Benjamin A. Weissman.
C: Jeremy Sisto (Jesus), Debra Messing (Mary Magdalene), Jacqueline Bisset (Mary), Gary Oldman (Pontius Pilate), Claudio Amendola (Barabbas), G. W. Bailey (Livio), Luca Zingaretti (Peter), Luca Barbareschi (Herod Antipas), Christian Kohlund (Caiaphas), Elena Sofia Ricci (Herodias), Stefania Rocca (Mary of Bethany), Maria Cristina Heller (Martha of Bethany), Jeroen Krabbé (Satan - Man), Peter Gevisser (Lazarus), Thomas Lockyer (Judas Iscariot), Ian Duncan (John), Gilly Gilchrist (Andrew), Fabio Sartor (James), Sebastian Knapp (Matthew), Sean Harris (Thomas), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Joseph), David O'Hara (John the Baptist), Gabriella Pession (Salome), Manuela Ruggeri (Satan - Woman)
Loc: Ouarzazate, Morocco and Malta.
174 min
Viewed on home video at Naantali, 27 July 2003.
THE BIBLE COLLECTION (LIST FROM WIKIPEDIA): 27-PART MINISERIES IN 17 VOLUMES
1 Abraham / 1993 / Joseph Sargent / Abraham / 184 minutes
2 Genesis: The Creation and the Flood / 1994 / Ermanno Olmi / Noah / 93 minutes
3 Jacob / 1994 / Peter Hall / Jacob / 93 minutes
4 Joseph1995 / Roger Young / Joseph / 185 minutes
5 Moses / 1995 / Moses / 182 minutes
6 Samson and Delilah / 1996 / Nicolas Roeg / Samson and Delilah / 179 minutes
7 David / 1997 / Robert Markowitz / David / 173 minutes
8 Solomon / 1997 / Roger Young / Solomon / 170 minutes
9 Jeremiah / 1998 / Harry Winer / Jeremiah / 91 minutes
10 Esther / 1999 / Raffaele Mertes / Esther / 87 minutes
11 Jesus / 1999 / Roger Young / Jesus / 174 minutes
12 Joseph of Nazareth / 2000 / Raffaele Mertes / Saint Joseph / 100 minutes
13 Mary Magdalene / 2000 / Mary Magdalene / 99 minutes
14 Paul the Apostle / 2000 / Roger Young / Paul the Apostle / 177 minutes
15 Judas / 2001 / Raffaele Mertes / Judas Iscariot / 90 minutes
16 Thomas / 2001 / Thomas the Apostle / 93 minutes
17 The Apocalypse / 2002 / John the Apostle / 93 minutes
LUX VIDE S.p.A. was founded by Ettore Bernabei and Matilde Bernabei in 1992.
AA: The Bible Collection series, produced by the Lux Vide company of the Bernabei family, was a huge international success story in 1993-2002. It had good production values and top talent, including actors and directors.
The Jesus films have an original approach. Jesus is portrayed as a young man full of love, embodying the core message "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." (Matthew 22:36-40, King James Version).
The Jesus of this film is tender, human, vulnerable, laughing when he is happy and crying when he is unhappy. Openness in emotions makes him stronger to face the hardest challenge.
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In 2025 there is a revival of Christian movies. House of David, a new series on Amazon Prime Video, is the eighth most popular series on streaming services in America, The Chosen has been watched by around 280 million people worldwide. Mary became the third most viewed film globally on Netflix after its release in December. Seven faith-based titles were given the green light by streamers in 2024, up from just one in 2021. Streamers' catalogues have become holier: in January, they hosted 487 religious films, more than double what they had in 2022.
2025 data from The Economist, 15 March 2025, "Holywood: Christian Films and Television: God Is Back on the Box" (print headline), "Christian entertainment has risen: Let there be lights, camera, action! (But not too much action)" (online headline 13 March 2025)
