Description
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Release Date1933
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Runtime1 hr 49 min
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Languageen
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Rating7.6 (5)
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Genres
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DirectorMaurice Elvey
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CastConrad VeidtMarie NeyBasil GillCicely OatesAnne GreyBertram WallisHector AbbasDennis HoeyJack LiveseyKiyoshi TakaseAlan NapierJoan MaudeJohn StuartArnold LucyHay PetriePeggy AshcroftFrancis L. SullivanFelix AylmerIvor BarnardAbraham SofaerStafford HilliardRobert GilbertConway Dixon
