Pilate and Others (1972)

Original title

Pilatus und andere - Ein Film für Karfreitag

Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film retells the story of Pontius Pilate and the trial of Jesus, based on parts of the novel The Master and Margarita. It focuses on the political and moral pressure Pilate faces in biblical Jerusalem.

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What happens

Pilate and Others (German: Pilatus und andere - Ein Film für Karfreitag) is a 1972 German drama film written and directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1967 novel The Master and Margarita by the Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, although it focuses on the parts of the novel set in biblical Jerusalem. The film has the subtitle Ein Film für Karfreitag (English: The Film for Good Friday) because it was released on March 29, 1972, on the eve of Easter. It was also shown at the Berlin Film Festival on February 15, 2006, when director Andrzej Wajda received an Honorary Golden Bear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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