Golgotha (film)
1935 French film
- 12 April 1935 (1935-04-12)
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Golgotha is a 1935 French film about the death of Jesus Christ, released in English-speaking countries as Behold the Man. The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and stars Harry Baur as Herod, Jean Gabin as Pontius Pilate, and Robert Le Vigan plays Jesus of Nazareth.
In 1935, the film opened in France, and in 1937 in United States and played throughout Europe. However, the British Board of Film Censors "would not allow British eyes to see it."[1]
Le Vigan's performance marks the first direct portrayal of Christ in a sound film. For the most part, Jesus is shown from a respectful distance as was also the case in Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, or The Robe, but there are also a few closer shots and even close-ups.
The National Board of Review named the film the sixth best foreign film of 1937. The score for the movie was composed by French composer Jacques Ibert.
Cast
- Harry Baur ... Herod Antipas
- Jean Gabin ... Pontius Pilate
- Robert Le Vigan ... Jesus Christ
- Charles Granval ... Caiaphas
- André Bacqué [fr] ... Annas (as Andre Bacque)
- Hubert Prélier [fr] ... Peter (as Hubert Prelier)
- Lucas Gridoux ... Judas
- Edmond Van Daële ... Gerson (as Van Daele)
- Edwige Feuillère ... Claudia Procula
- Juliette Verneuil [fr]... Mary
- Marcel Chabrier [fr] ... Joseph of Arimathea (as Chabrier)
- Georges Saillard ... Un Sanhédrite (as Saillard)
- Marcel Carpentier (actor) [fr] ... Le scribe
- Victor Vina ... Un Sanhédrite
- François Viguier [fr] ... Un Sanhédrite (as Viguier)
See also
References
- ^ Brian Hession, Is It Box Office?, article on religious films, Picturegoer (June 8, 1946) p.9
External links
- Golgotha at IMDb
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Films directed by Julien Duvivier
- The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
- The Hurricane on the Mountain (1922)
- The Abbot Constantine (1925)
- The Red Head (1925)
- The Man with the Hispano (1926)
- The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
- The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)
- The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1928)
- The Divine Voyage (1929)
- La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1930)
- David Golder (1931)
- Moon Over Morocco (1931)
- Here's Berlin (1932)
- The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932)
- The Red Head (1932)
- A Man's Neck (1933)
- The Little King (1933)
- Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
- Golgotha (1935)
- La Bandera (1935)
- Le Golem (1936)
- They Were Five (1936)
- The Man of the Hour (1937)
- Pépé le Moko (1937)
- Life Dances On (1937)
- The Great Waltz (1938)
- The End of the Day (1939)
- The Phantom Carriage (1939)
- Lydia (1941)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- The Heart of a Nation (1943)
- Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
- The Impostor (1944)
- Panique (1946)
- Anna Karenina (1948)
- The Sinners (1949)
- Black Jack (1950)
- Under the Sky of Paris (1951)
- Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
- Holiday for Henrietta (1952)
- The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
- On Trial (1954)
- Marianne of My Youth (1955)
- Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
- The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
- Lovers of Paris (1957)
- The Female (1959)
- Marie-Octobre (1959)
- The High Life (1960)
- Boulevard (1960)
- The Burning Court (1962)
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
- Highway Pick-Up (1963)
- Diabolically Yours (1967)
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