Cristo (1954)

Directed by

Margarita Alexandre

Genre

documentary film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

18

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Jesus Christ using paintings by artists like El Greco and Rubens. It includes narration by a cast of actors and music by composers such as Bach and Beethoven.

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What happens

Cristo és un documental espanyol del 1954 dirigit per Margarita Alexandre, basat en La vida de Cristo de Fra Justo Pérez de Urbel. Relata la vida de Jesucrist fent serví obres pictòriques d'El Greco, Tiziano o Rubens i amb les veus dels actors Fernando Rey, José María Seoane, María Jesús Valdés, Carlos Muñoz, Félix Dafauce, José María Lado i José María Prada, amb música de Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Richard Wagner i altres interpretada per l'Orfeó Donostiarra dirigida per Juan Guridi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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