LoginThe Greatest Story Ever Told - Region 1 DVD
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The life of Christ got an excessively long treatment (260 minutes, later trimmed to 195) in this 1965 film directed by George Stevens (The Diary of Anne Frank). Max von Sydow does beautiful work as Jesus--his spontaneous mourning at discovering his friend Lazarus has died is not like anything in other New Testament epics--and Stevens renders the familiar tale with a handsome authenticity. But the project is nearly undone by an unwise gimmick in which seemingly half of Hollywood's living stars at the time make brief (often very brief) cameo appearances, some of which are ridiculous. But there is a lot to like in the film, and Von
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 6 March 2001
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 9780792849179 UPC: 027616858948
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Release date: 6 March 2001
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 9780792849179 UPC: 027616858948
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