Released:
2012-04-01

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.

Director:
Giacomo Campiotti

Runtime:
3h 20min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Alissa Jung
  as
  Maria
• 
  Paz Vega
  as
  Maria Magdalena
• 
  Andreas Pietschmann
  as
  Jesus
• 
  Antónia Lišková
  as
  Herodias
• 
  Thomas Trabacchi
  as
  Joazar