Synopsis
This film relates the life of Jesus as a sort of a mediaeval mystery play. The settings, that is to say Palestine, are inspired by primitive German and Flemish painters. Next, a sequence is given to each of the main protagonists of the drama: Mary, Jesus, Joseph, Jesus' disciples, the people of Israel.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Panthéon
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Films du Jeudi
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Pierre Braunberger
- Screenwriter : Marcel Gibaud
- Director of Photography : Pierre Petit
- Music Composer : Marcel Landowski
- Editors : Geneviève Bretoneiche, Renée Lichtig
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Calvet
- Narrator : Maria Casarès
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Religion, Art
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1952
- French release : 11/04/1952
- Runtime : 1 h 12 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 12331
- Visa issue date : 11/04/1952
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Audio format : Mono