Celui qui doit mourir
- 1957
- Tous publics
- 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
979
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Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks.Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks.Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
Gert Fröbe
- Archon Patriarcheas
- (as Gert Froebe)
Joe Dassin
- Shepherd
- (as Joseph Dassin)
Panos Karavousanos
- Seizis
- (as Pannayotaros Karavoussanos)
Featured review
I saw HE WHO MUST DIE in Edinburgh, Scotland (1957). No film relating to Jesus Christ, before or since, has had such an emotional/spiritual impact on me. Its imaginative plot (preparations made in a small Greek village for a Passion Play during the Turkish occupation of Greece) has some affinity to biblical events leading to Jesus' crucifixion. Powerful in presentation, it never gets excessively sentimental or superficial as do typical "Hollywood" religious productions, nor as sadistically brutal as Gibson's THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. I've not seen a film about Jesus, or related to Jesus, that I like, not one ... except HE WHO MUST DIE. Brilliantly conceived and executed, it is one of the finest films ever made! I wish I could find it on VHS.
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Did you know
- TriviaCelui qui doit mourir (1957) was based on the novel Christ Recrucified by Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis, also known for another book including the Christ (The Last Temptation of the Christ) and for Zorba the Greek (both adapted into films). Kazantzakis was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times.
- Quotes
Priest Fotis: Why should human kindness be a miracle?
- ConnectionsReferenced in O Dassin stin kriti (1956)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $14,568
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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