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The King of Kings

Credits

Country :

USA

Year :

1928

Director :

Cecil B. DeMille

Version :

English intertitles, French subtitles

Duration :

110 minutes

Format :

digital

Actors :

H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Rudolph Schildkraut, Jacqueline Logan

🎞️ General release version from 1928

With live piano accompaniment by Hughes Maréchal

synopsis

This biblical epic, the most expensive film of its time, chronicles the life of Jesus Christ, from his ministry of compassion and miracles in Jerusalem. It depicts Judas’s betrayal, the trial, and the crucifixion. The final resurrection conveys a message of hope, redemption, and faith.

Conçu pour marquer profondement l’esprit des spectateurs. Cecil B. DeMille utilise tout son savoir-faire dans des effets visuels étonnants (telle la sortie des sept peches capitaux de Marie-Madeleine) ou dans l’éclairage (Jésus est inondé de lumière de telle sorte que la lumière semble provenir de son corps) ou encore dans les scènes à grand spectacle (le tremblement de terre lors de la Crucifixion) et les grands mouvements de foule. "The King of Kings" est un film d’une grande force.

L’OEil sur l’écran

Tremendous is "The King of Kings" – tremendous in its lesson, in the daring of its picturization for a commercial theatre and tremendous in its biggest scene, the Crucifixion of Christ.

Variety

With zebra races, dancing girls and a cast of thousands, this fills the screen with sensation and big images that still have the capacity to amuse and entertain.

Film4