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TV Series

Jesus of Nazareth

1977 5 episodes Rai 1 Historical drama Drama film Sword-and-sandal film

Jesus of Nazareth is a 1977 Rai 1 TV series directed by Franco Zeffirelli. It stars Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine and others.

Top cast

63 people

Robert Powell

Jesus Christ, Jesus

Anne Bancroft

Mary Magdalene

Ernest Borgnine

Cornelius the Centurion, Roman Centurion
Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

the Adulteress

Valentina Cortese

Herodias

James Farentino

Saint Peter, Peter

James Earl Jones

Balthazar

Stacy Keach

Barabbas

Tony Lo Bianco

Quintillius

James Mason

Joseph of Arimathea
Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Judas Iscariot Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Nicodemus

More cast

  • Donald Pleasence Melchior
  • Christopher Plummer Herod Antipas
  • Anthony Quinn Caiaphas
  • Fernando Rey Caspar, Gaspar
  • Ralph Richardson Simeon
  • Rod Steiger Pontius Pilatus, Pontius Pilate
  • Peter Ustinov Herod the Great
  • Michael York John the Baptist
  • Olivia Hussey Mary, Mary, mother of Jesus
  • Cyril Cusack Yehuda
  • Ian Holm Zerah
  • Yorgo Voyagis Saint Joseph, Joseph
  • Ian Bannen Amos
  • Marina Berti Elizabeth
  • Maria Carta Martha
  • Lee Montague Habbukuk
  • Renato Rascel The Blind Man
  • Oliver Tobias Joel
  • Murray Salem Simon the Zealot
  • Bruce Lidington Thomas the Apostle, Thomas
  • John Duttine John the Apostle, John
  • Simon MacCorkindale Lucius
  • Jonathan Adams Adam
  • Pino Colizzi Penitent Thief, Jobab
  • Donald Sumpter Impenitent thief, Aram
  • Martin Benson Pharisee
  • Francis de Wolff Simon the Pharisee
  • Regina Bianchi Saint Anne, Anne, mother of Mary
  • Robert Beatty Proculus
  • Forbes Collins Jonas
  • Renato Montalbano Jairus
  • Robert Brown Pharisee
  • Norman Bowler Saturninus
  • John Phillips Naso
  • Ken Jones Jotham
  • Nancy Nevinson Abigail
  • Renato Terra Abel
  • Roy Holder Enoch
  • Oliver Smith Paul the Apostle, Saul
  • George Camiller Hosias
  • Tony Vogel Andrew the Apostle, Andrew
  • Michael Cronin Eliphaz
  • Derek Godfrey Elihu
  • Keith Skinner Obssessed Boy
  • Cyril Shaps Obssessed Boy's Father
  • John Tordoff Malachi
  • Mark Eden Quartus
  • Bruno Barnabe Ezra
  • Carl Forgione Plotinus
  • Harold Bennett Elder
  • Abdelmajid Lakhal the Farisaeum

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q470572), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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