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15/11/1933 Drama, Fantasy 1h 50m
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Overview

Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.

  1. Maurice Elvey

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Conrad Veidt

    Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios

  2. Marie Ney

    Judith (Phase I)

  3. Basil Gill

    Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

  4. Cicely Oates

    Rachel (Phase I)

  5. Anne Grey

    Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

  6. Bertram Wallis

    Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)

  7. Hector Abbas

    Isaachar (Phase II)

  8. Dennis Hoey

    Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)

  9. Jack Livesey

    Godfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-13
Told in an historically episodic fashion, Conrad Veidt depicts the Jewish man "Matathias", who helped to convince Pilate to crucify Jesus. By way of punishment, he is condemned to walk the Earth facing, enduring and surviving many of the trials that faced his race as history marched on. It is a history, of sorts. Many of the events depicted are reflections of true events - pogroms, the Spanish inquisition etc., but it's the way in which he lives his life, yearning for release - however that may manifest itself - that makes this a decent film to watch and Veidt manages this amalgam of roles qui...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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