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Biblical Boxset

By Carol Reed, Carol Reed

Biblical Boxset

By Carol Reed, Carol Reed

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Vereinigte Königreich Edition, PAL/Region 2 DVD: TON: Englisch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Englisch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Englisch ( Untertitel ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), BONUSMATERIAL: Multi-DVD Satz, Szene Zugang, Wechselwirkendes Menü, SYNOPSIS: The Agony and the Ecstasy: Pope Julius II (Sir Rex Harrison) is eager to leave behind works by which he will be remembered. To this end he cajoles Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) into painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When not on the battlefield uniting Italy, the Pope nags Michelangelo to speed up his painful work on the frescoes. The Bible in the Beginning...: An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film's director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with our first ancestral parents and continue on to Cain murdering his younger brother Abel. Next, we visit Noah and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence. Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel, the emergence of man's vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if unchecked. Finally we cover Abraham, a mystic who spoke personally with God, a leader of men, a builder of nations, a pioneer and a warrior and Sarah. At the time she conceived her first child, the event being forecast by an Angel of the Lord. Three such Heavenly Messengers appeared in the course of events which befell Abraham and Sarah. The Robe: Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to P...The Greatest Stories Ever Told - 8-DVD Set ( The Agony and the Ecstasy / The Bible in the BeginningÂ… / The Robe / Demetrius and the Gladiators / Francis of Assi
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Release Date:
2023-08-30
Number of Discs:
8
Publication Date:
2007-03-26
Publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox
Languages:
Original: English
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