Jesus of Nazareth 1977 EPISODE 1 ( UNCUT)

Jesus of Nazareth (Italian: Gesù di Nazareth) is a 1977 BritishItalian epic film and television drama serial directed by Franco Zeffirelli and cowritten by Zeffirelli, Anthony Burgess, and Suso Cecchi d Amico which dramatizes the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. It stars Robert Powell as Jesus, and features an allstar cast of actors, including eight who had won or would go on to win Academy Awards: Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quinn, Rod Steiger, James Earl Jones, and Peter Ustinov Some scenes were added in the writing of the screenplay, with some characters (such as Zerah) added to the film for brevity or dramatic effect. Jesus of Nazareth depicts Judas Iscariot as a wellintentioned man initially, but later as a dupe of Zerah s who betrays Jesus largely as a result of Zerah s false platitudes and pretexts. However, in accordance with the Gospels, the film depicts Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea as sym