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He Who Must Die (1957)
Directed by Jules Dassin
Drama · 2h 08m
1920s Greece is occupied by the Turks. A country in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. A small community conduct their annual Passion Play. The leading citizens, under auspices of the Patriarch, choose the actors: a stuttering shepherd as Jesus, the town butcher as Judas, the town prostitute as Mary Magdalene, and so on. As the story unfolds, the Passion becomes a reality.
Cast
Jean Servais
Carl Möhner
Grégoire Aslan
Gert Fröbe
Melina Mercouri
Pierre Vaneck
Maurice Ronet
Roger Hanin
René Lefèvre
Fernand Ledoux
Nicole Berger
Teddy Bilis
Crew
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Writer
- Ben Barzman, Jules Dassin, André Obey
- Novel
- Nikos Kazantzakis
- Director of Photography
- Jacques Natteau
- Editor
- Roger Dwyre, Pierre Gillette
- Producer
- Henri Bérard
Details
- Original title
- Celui qui doit mourir
- Release date
- 1957-05-03
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Italian
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Indusfilms, Prima Films, Cinétel, Filmsonor