In retelling the life of Christ, Rosselini harks back to the humanistic style he'd utilized on his many Italian TV projects of the 1960s. The director has no intention of depicting Jesus as being the vessel of divine providence. The Man from Galilee is shown simply as one who is unusually moral and of spotless character -- the sort of person who'd be a natural leader no matter who his Father was. Co-scripted by its director, Messiah was completed in 1975, but not given a general release until 1978.
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Full credits (8)
Assistant Director :
Co-producers :
Claude Jaeger, Jean-Louis Guillaud, Daniel Toscan du Plantier
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Foreign producer :
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Editors :
Laurent Quaglio, Jolanda Benvenuti
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Technical details
Feature film
Genres :
FictionSub-genre :
DramaThemes :
ReligionProduction language :
FrenchCoproducer countries :
Italy, FranceOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
100% French (Italy, France)Production year :
1974French release :
18/02/1976Runtime :
2 h 25 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
44669Visa issue date :
06/02/1976Approval :
YesProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
ColorPosters (3)
Poster - Italy
