''Jesús, nuestro Señor'' ( en, Jesus, our Lord , italic=yes) is a 1971 Mexican religious epic film starring
Claudio Brook
Claudio Brook (born Claude Sydney Brook Marnat, 28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995) was a Mexican actor.
Life
Born in Mexico City, Brook had a prolific career, making around 100 film and television appearances in his 38 years as an actor. H ...
in the title role as
Jesus
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. It was directed by
Miguel Zacarías
Miguel Zacarías Nogaim (19 March 1905 – 20 April 2006) was a Mexican film director, producer, and writer.
Career
Zacarías began directing for film in 1933. Even from his early career he developed a reputation for recognizing new acting ...
and produced and written by Alfredo Zacarías. The film features an
ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast t ...
that includes
Narciso Busquets
Narciso Busquets Zárate (8 September 1931 – 14 December 1988) was a Mexican actor of theater, film, television, radio and voice-over. He also directed a film, ''Sin fortuna'', in 1980. He began his acting career in 1937, as a child actor, and ...
,
Elsa Cárdenas
Elsa Cárdenas Rentería (born 3 August 1932) is a Mexican actress. Since 1954 she has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. She starred in the film ''Happiness'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. ...
,
Pancho Córdova
Francisco Amado Córdova Ramírez (1916 – 1990) was a Mexican character actor who has appeared in numerous films of United States and Mexico.
Personal life
He is the grandfather of actress Natalia Cordova-Buckley.
Selected filmography
Am ...
, and
Carlos Agostí
Carlos Agostí (July 3, 1922 – December 13, 2002) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Holy Thursday, April 8, 1971. It was filmed in full color and is the last installment of a
trilogy
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that includes ''Jesús, el niño Dios'' and ''Jesús, María y José''.Diccionario de escritores mexicanos, siglo XX Page 425 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Centro de Estudios Literarios - 2007Jesús nuestro señor, argumento de Alfredo Zacarías basado en los evangelios, adap. y dir. de MZ, estr. en 1971.
Trivia
* In a scene in which Jesus enters Jerusalem, the houses at Guanajuato were almost seen
* In another scene, the crowd gathered for the Sermon on the Mount scene amidst the volcano Popocatepetl as the backdrop
* In this film most of the scenes were filmed in 1969, and couple of them were filmed in 1970.
* The 1st Movie of Claudio Brook filmed coming back to his home country from Europe.
Differences Between the Film and the Gospel
* The presence of John the Apostle is only appeared on the Gospels when Jesus called the first four apostles. In the film, in the Baptism scene, John was looking for the Messiah by approaching another John, the Baptist.
* The Crucifixion scene is followed directly by the appearance of Christ to the Apostles and the Ascension scene. In the Gospels, the death of Jesus is followed by the burial and resurrection before going to the Ascension.
* The Pater Noster is supposed to be used during the Sermon at the Mount scenes in most film adaptations of Jesus. This prayer is said by apostles followed by an act of Benediction by Jesus to them before going up to Heaven.
See also
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Claudio Brook
Claudio Brook (born Claude Sydney Brook Marnat, 28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995) was a Mexican actor.
Life
Born in Mexico City, Brook had a prolific career, making around 100 film and television appearances in his 38 years as an actor. H ...