Barabbas Trailer

(1961) Barabbas Movie Trailer Barabbas is a 1961 religious epic film expanding on the career of Barabbas, from the Christian Passion narrative in the Gospel of Mark and other gospels. The film stars Anthony Quinn as Barabbas, features Silvana Mangano, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, Vittorio Gassman, and Jack Palance, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was conceived as a grand Roman epic, was based on Nobel Prize-winning Pär Lagerkvist's 1950 novel of the same title. A previous film version of the novel, in Swedish, had been made in 1953. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and shot in Rome under the supervision of producer Dino De Laurentiis. It included many spectacular scenes, including a battle of gladiators in a Cinecittà film studio mock-up of the arena, and a crucifixion shot during a real eclipse of the sun. Cast Anthony Quinn as Barabbas Arthur Kennedy as Pontius Pilate Jack Palance as Torvald Silvana Mangano as Rachel Harry Andrews as Peter Ernest Borgnine as Lucius Katy Jurado as Sara Vittorio Gassman as Sahak Norman Wooland as Rufio Valentina Cortese as Julia Arnoldo Foa' as Joseph of Arimathea Michael Gwynn as Lazarus Laurence Payne as Disciple Douglas Fowley as Vasasio Guido Celano as Scorpio Uncredited Roy Mangano as Jesus Christ Paola Pitagora as Mary Magdalene Rina Franchetti as Mary Clopas Piero Pastore as Nicodemus Vera Drudi as Salome Nino Segurini as Apostle John Jacopo Tecchi as Apostle Thomas Ivan Triesault as Emperor Nero Sharon Tate as Patrician in arena