The Old Testament (film)
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| Il vecchio testamento | |
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| Directed by | Gianfranco Parolini |
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| Starring | See below |
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| Edited by | |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
Release date | 1962 |
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| Country | Italy/France |
Il vecchio testamento, English title The Old Testament is a 1962 Italian/French widescreen international co-production epic shot in Yugoslavia that was based on the Maccabean revolt against the Syrians of 166 B.C. It was directed and co-written by Gianfranco Parolini and starred Brad Harris in one of their frequent collaborations.
Cast[]
In the American release several of the cast were credited with surnames of American actors who had appeared in Biblical films such "John (Charlton) Heston" and "Susan (Debra) Paget".
- Brad Harris ... Simon
- ... Judas Maccabeus
- Ivano Staccioli ...Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Franca Parisi ... Miza
- Mara Lane ... Diotima
- Philippe Hersent ... Namele
- Carlo Tamberlani ... Mattathias
- Jacques Berthier ... Apollonius, military commander of Seleucid Empire
- Alan Steel
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- 1962 films
- Italian films
- 1962 drama films
- 1960s action adventure films
- Cultural depictions of the Maccabees
- Italian-language films
- Peplum films
- Films based on the deuterocanonical books
- Films about religion
- Religious epic films
- Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini
- Italian action adventure films
- Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
- Sword and sandal films
- 1960s Italian film stubs
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