The Gospel of John (film)
- Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus Christ
- Daniel Kash as Simon Peter
- Richard Lintern as an elder
- Stephen Russell as Pontius Pilate
- Scott Handy as John the Baptist
- Stuart Bunce as John
- Lynsey Baxter as Mary Magdalene
- Tristan Gemmill as Andreas
- Andrew Pifko as Philip
- Elliot Levey as Nathanael
- Diego Matamoros as Nicodemus
- Andy Velasquez as Thomas
- Alan Van Sprang as Judas Iscariot
- Stuart Fox as The Blind Man
- David Meyer as the lame man
- Nancy Palk as the Samaritan woman
- Diana Berriman as Maria
- Nicolas Van Burek as the young Levite
- William Pappas as the older Levite
- Cedric Smith as Caiaphas
- Christopher Plummer as narrator
The film The Gospel of John tells the life of Jesus of Nazareth from the perspective of his apostle John, and sets its focus on the Gospel of John written by him.
Action
The film tells how the Gospel of John nothing of the birth of Christ, but only begins when John the Baptist baptizing Jesus in the Jordan.
His miracles and sermons are exclusively taken from the Gospel of John, so among other things, the resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus' passing over the Sea of Galilee, the miraculous multiplication of the loaves, healing the blind and the lame one.
Background
For the TV miniseries, which has never been seen to date in the German television, 75 Actor and nearly 2,000 extras were committed. Filming was not in Morocco, as in most Bible films of the case, but in Spain and Canada. The interior shots were taken in a studio in Ontario, Canada, and the exterior shots near Malaga, Spain. Also noteworthy is the music. The composer does without largely on modern instruments and used mainly as an instrument, as they were played at the time of Christ in Judea. A novelty is also the narrator 's voice ( Christopher Plummer), which tells the events from the off, although they can be seen at the moment. The dialogues are of course spoken by the actors.
In the fall of 2005, the film was released on DVD.
Reviews
- Jack Garner called the film in the Democrat and Chronicle as artfully done and well ( artful, well-made ).
Awards
2004, the film won an Epiphany Prize at the Movieguide Awards. He was nominated twice at the Canadian Genie Awards. Another nomination, there was by the Directors Guild of Canada.