Top billed cast

1. 

   Oscar Isaac

   Jesus Christ (voice)

2. 

   Kenneth Branagh

   Charles Dickens (voice)

3. 

   Uma Thurman

   Catherine Dickens (voice)

4. 

   Pierce Brosnan

   Pontius Pilate (voice)

5. 

   Roman Griffin Davis

   Walter Dickens (voice)

6. 

   Forest Whitaker

   Peter (voice)

7. 

   Ben Kingsley

   High Priest Caiaphas (voice)

8. 

   Mark Hamill

   King Herod (voice)

9. 

   Ava Sanger

   Mary Dickens (voice)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-04-14

Charles Dickens has a young son who loves stories of King Arthur and Camelot, of dragons and sword play - and refuses to go to bed until his father regales him with a story. This evening, though, dad tries a different tack by telling him a tale of the king of kings. The lad is suitably sceptical but is soon engrossed in a story of Jesus and the birth of Christianity. This animation uses a paternally Dickensian narration to plonk the young Walter amidst the scenarios as Jesus fights temptation in the desert, has his battles with the nasty Pharisees and recruits his group of followers who share ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,200,000.00

Revenue
$83,612,781.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• cat
• 19th century
• 1st century
• jesus christ
• father son relationship
• christian film
• imagination
• historical epic
• biblical
• sentimental
• familiar
• hopeful