Mary of Nazareth (2012)

6.7/10 200 min Drama History

Overview

The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary, a young Galilean, virginal conceived the Messiah, the Son of God. Her husband Joseph, a humble carpenter, decided to stay by his side throughout. When Caesar Augustus ordered the Jews to register people, the couple embarks on a journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. Meanwhile, Maria Magdalena, a young woman from the same town that Mary, turns away from God and placed in the palace of King Herod, Herodias where convinces her to lose her innocence in the arms of the king's son.

Cast

Alissa Jung

Maria

Paz Vega

Maria Magdalena

Andreas Pietschmann

Jesus

Antónia Lišková

Herodias

Thomas Trabacchi

Joazar

Luca Marinelli

Josef

Andrea Giordana

Herodes

Roberto Citran

Joachim

Johannes Brandrup

Herodes Antipas

Nikolai Kinski

Judas Ischariot

Robert Stadlober

Hircanus

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