The Living Christ Series (1951)

★★★★★ · preferred Jesus movie of all time · sarracene · 2012-12-18

growing up as a pastor's kid I was familiar with all kinds of movies trying to portray Jesus' life as gathered from the gospels. I've still yet to find one that brings Bible commentary from the script as does this one. After many years of not watching it much since a lad until now, it's like watching it again for the 1st time. It was after my youth that I got reason for thinking such. The person portraying Jesus spent @ 1 year preparing for that role; inwardly & outward. At the time when the movie was made, long hair & facial one was not looked upon with good eyes at formal work, & as he…

★★★★ · A Good Re-telling of the Story of Christ · Pleonic · 2009-12-31

This earnest little film series actually does a good job of telling the story of Jesus. It has some good acting, particularly by the people portraying St. Peter, King Herod, and Pontius Pilate. Robert Wilson plays Christ with unaffected dignity and kindness, although his delivery gets a bit sing-songy after a while. You can tell they put a good deal of effort into production values. It's not a big-time Hollywood film but the sets and effects are convincing, although there are few spectacular miracle shots. The script is more into Christ's teaching and personality. One thing I was particularly…

★★★ · God Question for Anyone, Forum not Useful · SonYzeN · 2014-11-10

I tried posting this in the forums but never got one answer so I was wondering if anyone knows of any clips or recordings that allow free commercial use ( from this site ) depicting the crucifixion of Jesus. The film here was good but it causes trouble proving the source being available in the Public Domain if split into several parts, all listed to a single license, on one page.