Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Cristero Savaşı sırasında yaşanan gerçek bir hikayeyi anlatan film, 1920'lerde Meksika hükümetinin Katolikler'e uyguladığı insanlık dışı zulmü anlatıyor.
Museviler İsa'yı çarmıha gerince, idamdan kurtulan hırsız Barabbas'ın destansı hikayesidir. Maneviyatıyla olan mücadelesinde, Barabbas çok çetin sınava maruz kalıyor. Sonunda kendini gladyatör arenasında, içindeki şeytanlarla yüzleşip, özgürlüğünü kazanmaya çalışırken buluyor.
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.