Drama ·History · United States of America · 1927 · 2h 35m

The King of Kings

The King of Kings poster
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Cast
H.B. Warner as Jesus, The Christ Dorothy Cumming as Mary, the Mother Ernest Torrence as Peter Joseph Schildkraut as Judas Iscariot James Neill as James - Brother of John Joseph Striker as John - the Beloved
Crew
J. Peverell Marley — Director of Photography Anne Bauchens — Editor Harold McLernon — Editor Jeanie Macpherson — Writer Jeanie Macpherson — Story Cecil B. DeMille — Producer
Tagline

Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!

Synopsis

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

Trailer The King of Kings — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
crucifixionresurrectionsilent filmmessiahbig budgetjesus christjudeainspirationalcommanding
Key Collaborators
Cecil B. DeMille Director J. Peverell Marley Director of Photography Anne Bauchens Editor Harold McLernon Editor Jeanie Macpherson Writer Jeanie Macpherson Story Cecil B. DeMille Producer Adrian Costume Design Earl Luick Costume Design
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