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He Who Must Die is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jules Dassin released in USA on 28 december 1958 with Jean Servais
He Who Must Die (1957)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 december 1958
Length 2h2
OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Rating74%
He Who Must Die (French: Celui qui doit mourir, Italian: Colui che deve morire), is a 1957 French film directed by Jules Dassin. It is based on the novel Christ Recrucified (also published as The Greek Passion) by Nikos Kazantzakis. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
In a Turkish-occupied Greek village shortly after World War I, villagers put on a Passion Play, with ordinary people taking the roles of Jesus, Peter, Judas, etc. Staging the play leads to them rebelling against their Turkish rulers in a way that mirrors Jesus's story.Actors
Jean Servais
(Priest Fotis)
Carl Möhner
(Lukas)
Grégoire Aslan
(Agha)
Gert Fröbe
(Patriarcheas)
René Lefèvre
(Yannakos)
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