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Film / 1927
The King of Kings
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
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 …
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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.
Cast
H.B. WarnerJesus, The Christ
Dorothy CummingMary, the Mother
Ernest TorrencePeter
Joseph SchildkrautJudas Iscariot
James NeillJames - Brother of John
Joseph StrikerJohn - the Beloved
Robert EdesonMatthew - the Publican
Sidney D'AlbrookThomas, the Doubter
Jacqueline LoganMary Magdalene
Charles BelcherPhilip
Victor VarconiPontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
Montagu LoveRoman Centurion
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William BoydSimon Of Cyrene
Julia FayeMartha
May RobsonMother of Gestas
Sidney Franklin(uncredited)
John George(uncredited)
Rex Ingram(uncredited)
Ruth Miller(uncredited)
Ayn Rand(uncredited)
Sally RandMary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited)
Mark Strong(uncredited)
David ImbodenAndrew - a Fisherman
Clayton PackardBartholomew
Robert EllsworthSimon - the Zealot
Charles RequaJames the Lesser
John T. PrinceThaddeus
Rudolph SchildkrautCaiaphas - High Priest of Israel
Sam De GrassePharisee
Casson FergusonScribe
Majel ColemanProculla - Wife of Pilate
Michael D. MooreMark (as Micky Moore)
Theodore KosloffMalchus - Captain of the High Priest's Guards
George SiegmannBarabbas
Josephine NormanMary Of Bethany
Kenneth ThomsonLazarus
Alan BrooksSatan
Viola LouieAdulterous Woman
Muriel McCormacBlind Girl
Clarence BurtonDysmas - the Repentant Thief
James Pier MasonGestas - the Unrepentant Thief (as James Mason)
Dot FarleyMaidservant of Caiaphas
Hector V. SarnoGalilean Carpenter (as Hector Sarno)
Leon HolmesImbecile Boy
Otto LedererEber - a Pharisee
Bryant WashburnYoung Roman
Lionel BelmoreRoman Noble
Monte Collins Sr.Rich Judeaean
Lucio FlammaGallant Of Galilee (as Luca Flamma)
Sôjin KamiyamaPrince Of Persia (as Sojin)
André CheronWealthy Merchant
Willy CastelloBabylonian Noble
Noble JohnsonCharioteer
Jim FarleyExecutioner
Winifred Greenwood
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