The Messiah (1975 film)

The Messiah
Directed by	Roberto Rossellini
Starring	Pier Maria Rossi Mita Ungaro
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Release date	25 October 1975 (1975-10-25)
Running time	140 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

The Messiah (Italian : Il messia) is a 1975 Italian / French film directed by Roberto Rossellini. ^[1]

Cast

• Pier Maria Rossi as Jesus
• Mita Ungaro as Virgin Mary
• Carlos de Carvalho as John the Baptist
• Fausto Di Bella as Saul
• Vernon Dobtcheff as Samuel
• Antonella Fasano as Mary Magdalene
• Jean Martin as Pontius Pilate
• Toni Ucci as Herod Antipas
• Vittorio Caprioli as Herod the Great
• Tina Aumont as Adulteress
• Flora Carabella as Herodias
• Raouf Ben Amor as Judas
• Luis Suárez as John
• Hedi Zoughlami as Simon Peter
• Renato Montalbano as Saint Matthew
• Raouf Ben Yaghlane as Saint Andrew
• Fadhel Jaziri as Nathaniel
• Mark Lombardo as James
• Moncef Ben Yahia as Thomas the Apostle
• Antonio Carlucci as Simon the Canaanite
• Ridha Missume as Philip the Apostle
• Slim Mzali as James - son of Zebediah
• Mohamed Ali Brikadhi as Thaddeus
• Samir Ayadi as Pharisee
• Anita Bartolucci as Samaritan
• Denise Bataille as La sorella di Erode
• John Karlsen as Caiaphas
• Mustapha Ferchiou as Jesus as a child
• Abdellatif Hamrouni as Priest
• Yatsugi Khelil as Joseph
• Abdelmajid Lakhal as 2nd Pharisee
• Cosetta Pichetti as Salome
• Renato Scarpa as Herod's brother
• Alessandro Jovino as Narrator
• Omero Capanna as Murdered Jew
• Joshua Sinclair as Guardia Romana

References

1. Peter Brunette (1996). Roberto Rossellini. University of California Press. p. 341. ISBN   978-0-520-20053-1.

External links

• The Messiah at IMDb
• The Messiah at Rotten Tomatoes