The Visual Bible: Matthew

The Visual Bible: Matthew

The cover of the Mandarin version
Directed by Regardt van den Bergh
Written by Johann Potgieter
Starring Bruce Marchiano
Narrated by Richard Kiley
Distributed by Visual Bible International
Release dates
 October 1, 1993 (1993-10-01)
Running time
 265 minutes
Country South Africa
Morocco
United States
Language English

The Visual Bible: Matthew is a 1993 motion picture portraying the life of Jesus as it is found in the Gospel of Matthew. The complete Gospel is presented word-for-word based on the New International Version of the Bible. It was directed by South African film maker Regardt van den Bergh and stars veteran actor Richard Kiley in the role of St. Matthew (who narrates the movie), newcomer Bruce Marchiano as Jesus, and Gerrit Schoonhoven as Peter.[1][2] Marchiano portrays Jesus as a joyous, earthy, personal man with a sense of humour.[3][4]

The film has been dubbed into various foreign languages including Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Plot

In Palestine during the Roman Empire, Jesus Christ of Nazareth travels around the country with his disciples preaching to the people about God and salvation of their souls. He claims to be the son of God and the Christ. He is arrested by the Romans and crucified. He rises from the dead after three days.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ To Tell the Story Page 73 C Thomas Elkins - 2011 "The actors in these Biblical Docu/Dramas are well known: Richard Kiley, Jennifer O'Neil, Bruce Marchiano, Dean Jones, ... 140 The Visual Bible, Matthew and Acts (Dallas, TX: Visual International and Visual Entertainment, Inc., 1997"
  2. ↑ Cast list IMDB entry on Matthew
  3. ↑ Kathleen E. Corley, Robert Leslie Webb Jesus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ Page 37 2004 "Yet recently there have been several portrayals of Jesus as a man with a sense of humor, from Bruce Marchiano's 'American apple-pie' Jesus in the Visual Bible's Matthew (Regardt van den Bergh, 1996), to Jeremy Sisko's Jesus (Roger Young ..."
  4. ↑ Review describing portrayal of Jesus in this film

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