BFI's 100 Bible Films

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From The Passion of the Christ to Life of Brian, and from The Ten Commandments to Last Temptation of Christ, filmmakers have been adapting the stories of the Bible for over 120 years, from the first time the Höritz Passion Play was filmed in the Czech Republic back in 1897. Ever since, these stories have inspired musicals, comedies, sci-fi, surrealist visions and the avant-garde not to mention spawning their own genre, the biblical epic. Filmmakers across six continents and from all kinds of religious perspectives (or none at all), have adapted the greatest stories ever told, delighting some and infuriating others.

100 Bible Films is the indispensable guide to this wide and varied output, providing an authoritative but accessible history of biblical adaptations through one hundred of the most interesting and significant biblical films. Richly illustrated with film stills, this book depicts how such films have undertaken a complex negotiation between art, commerce, entertainment and religion.

Matthew Page traces the screen history of the biblical stories from the very earliest silent passion plays, via the golden ages of the biblical epic, through to more innovative and controversial later films as well as covering significant TV adaptations. He discusses films made not only by some of our greatest filmmakers, artists such as Martin Scorsese, Jean Luc Godard, Alice Guy, Roberto Rossellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lotte Reiniger, Carl Dreyer and Luis Buñuel, but also those looking to explore their faith or share it with lovers of cinema the world over.

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    La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ

    1898, in 0 top lists Check
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    Martyrs Chrétiens

    1905 — a.k.a. Christian Martyrs, in 0 top lists Check
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    La vie du Christ

    1906 — a.k.a. The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ, in 0 top lists Check
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    Vie et Passion de N.S Jésus-Christ

    1907 — a.k.a. Life and Passion of Christ, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy

    1909, in 0 top lists Check
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    L'exode

    1910 — a.k.a. The Exodus, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jaël et Sisera

    1911 — a.k.a. Jael and Sisera, in 0 top lists
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    From the Manger to the Cross

    1912, in 1 top list Check
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    Judith of Bethulia

    1914, in 0 top lists Check
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
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    Blade af Satans bog

    1920 — a.k.a. Leaves Out of the Book of Satan, in 1 top list Check
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    La Sacra Bibbia

    1920 — a.k.a. After Six Days, in 0 top lists Check
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    Der Galiläer

    1921, in 0 top lists Check
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    Salomé

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
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    Sodom und Gomorrha

    1922 — a.k.a. Legende von Sünde und Strafe, in 1 top list Check
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    The Ten Commandments

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
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    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
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    The King of Kings

    1927, in 3 top lists Check
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    Noah's Ark

    1928, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lot in Sodom

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
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    Golgotha

    1935 — a.k.a. Behold the Man, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Last Days of Pompeii

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Green Pastures

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jesús de Nazareth

    1942 — a.k.a. Jesus of Nazareth, in 0 top lists Check
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    Samson and Delilah

    1949, in 4 top lists Check
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    David and Bathsheba

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    Quo Vadis

    1951, in 1 top list Check
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    The Robe

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
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    Sins of Jezebel

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Prodigal

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Star of Bethlehem

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    Celui qui doit mourir

    1957 — a.k.a. He Who Must Die, in 1 top list Check
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    Solomon and Sheba

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
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    Esther and the King

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Story of Ruth

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
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    King of Kings

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
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    Barabbas

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
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    Il vecchio testamento

    1962 — a.k.a. The Old Testament, in 0 top lists Check
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    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
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    I grandi condottieri

    1965 — a.k.a. Gideon and Samson, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Bible: In the Beginning...

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
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    Atti degli apostoli

    1969 — a.k.a. Acts of the Apostles, in 0 top lists Check
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    La voie lactée

    1969 — a.k.a. The Milky Way, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Wednesday Play: Son of Man

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jesús, nuestro Señor

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jesus Christ Superstar

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel...

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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