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The American film industry has been producing movies based on Bible stories since 1897: The Horitz Passion Play (1897) was the first Passion play to be shown in the United States. [1] One of the earliest biblical films was the 1903 production of Samson and Delilah, produced by the French company Pathé.
This is a list of movies (including television movies) based on the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), depicting characters or figures from the Bible, or broadly derived from the revelations or interpretations therein.
The first reference to Urim and Thummim in the Bible is the description in the Book of Exodus concerning the high priest's vestments; [15] the chronologically earliest passage mentioning them, according to textual scholars, is in the Book of Hosea, [16] where it is implied, by reference to the Ephod, that the Urim and Thummim were fundamental ...
In a pivotal scene in the movie "Trinity's Triumph," a monsignor tells a group of seminarians about the loneliness of leading a celibate life. One student is skeptical: He won't be tempted, he ...
It's a remarkably idiosyncratic approach by rising auteur Jeymes Samuel, who for this Biblical-era tale is director, producer, writer and composer for only his second feature. “The Book of ...
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 64% approval rating based on 25 critical responses, with an average rating of 7/10. [6] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film one star out of a possible four, calling the screenplay "shallow and exploitative." He added, "The movie argues that the hidebound and outdated rules of the church are ...
Popular mainstream studio productions of films with strong Christian messages or Biblical stories, such as Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, The Prince of Egypt, The Robe, Sergeant York, The Blind Side, The Book of Eli, [1] Machine Gun Preacher, Risen, Hacksaw Ridge, and Silence, are not specifically part of the Christian film industry, being more agnostic about their audiences' religious beliefs.
Pieces of Dreams (film) The Playground (film) The Pope Must Die; The Pope's Exorcist; Possessed (2000 film) The Possessed (1977 film) Priest (1994 film) The Priest and the Girl (1958 film) The Priest from Kirchfeld (1926 film) The Priest from Kirchfeld (1955 film) The Priest from Kirchfeld (1914 film) The Priest from Kirchfeld (1937 film ...