The Story of David (1976)

Directed by

Alex Segal, David Lowell Rich

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

3h 11m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This television film dramatizes the biblical story of King David, following him from his youth as a shepherd to his later years as king. It shows his battles, his relationship with King Saul, and his marriage to Bathsheba.

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What happens

The Story of David is a 1976 two-part American television film dramatizing the Biblical story of King David. It stars Timothy Bottoms as the young David, Keith Michell as the older David, Anthony Quayle as King Saul, and Jane Seymour as Bathsheba. Produced by Columbia Pictures Television for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC-TV), it premiered on 9 April 1976, with its second part on the 11th. It was filmed in Israel and Spain. The Story of David is akin to a sequel to The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974), also produced for ABC-TV (broadcast two years earlier) and involving many of the same cast and crew. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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