Il Messia

• History
• Drama

• 140 Mins
• 1975
• it

• star6.5/ 10

Rossellini takes numerous liberties with the original source material, rearranging and omitting events at will, presenting everything in a highly undramatic fashion. The film begins in the time of the Old Testament, allowing Rossellini to present the story of Jesus in its ancient, historic context.