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64% Critic Match
The King of Kings
“Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!”
6.4 / 10• 1927• 2h 35m•NR• English
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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.
Cast & Crew
H.B. Warner
Jesus, The Christ
Lead
Dorothy Cumming
Mary, the Mother
Ernest Torrence
Peter
Joseph Schildkraut
Judas Iscariot
James Neill
James - Brother of John
JS
Joseph Striker
John - the Beloved
Robert Edeson
Matthew - the Publican
Sidney D'Albrook
Thomas, the Doubter
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Cecil B. DeMille's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The King of Kings is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
