Religious Epic DVDs

Kingdom of Heaven Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, more
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Action and Adventure, Drama
DVD Release Date: 10/11/2005
Running Time: 2 hour 25 minutes

Synopsis: From Ridley Scott, the master of the modern epic, comes the powerful saga of a peasant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) who finds himself caught up in the ... more

The Gospel of John Cast: Henry Ian Cusick, Christopher Plummer, more
Director: Philip Saville
Genre: Special Interest
DVD Release Date: 04/06/2004
Running Time: 3 hour 0 minutes

Synopsis: A word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John, which chronicles the teachings, persecution and crucifixion of Jesus (Henry Ian Cusick) from the ... more

Last Temptation of Christ Cast: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, more
Director: Martin Scorsese
DVD Release Date: 04/25/2000

Synopsis: Willem Dafoe plays Jesus Christ in this extraordinarily controversial adaptation of Nikos Kazantzaki's novel. The film depicts a sometimes reluctant, ... more

King of Kings, The (1927) Cast: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, more
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Genre: Drama
DVD Release Date: 12/07/2004
Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

Synopsis: Having scored big-time box office with his first Biblical epic, The Ten Commandments (1923), Cecil B. DeMille hoped to top this success with his 1927 ... more

From the Manger to the Cross
Director: Sidney Olcott
Genre: Drama
DVD Release Date: 04/08/2003

Synopsis: During its brief but colorful history, the pioneering Kalem company turned out a number of box-office successes. Foremost among these was From the ... more

The Mahabharata Cast: Robert Langton-Lloyd , Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan , more
Director: Peter Brook
Genre: Drama
DVD Release Date: 11/26/2002
Running Time: 5 hour 18 minutes

Synopsis: Peter Brook's adaptation of the main Hindu religious text first appeared as a nine-hour stage version, but was shortened to six for this film ... more

The Robe Cast: Richard Burton , Jean Simmons , more
Director: Henry Koster
DVD Release Date: 10/16/2001
Running Time: 2 hour 13 minutes

Synopsis: Historically important as the first CinemaScope feature film, 20th Century-Fox's The Robe is fine dramatic entertainment in its own right. Based on ... more

Ben Hur (1959) Cast: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, more
Director: William Wyler
DVD Release Date: 03/13/2001

Synopsis: This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. ... more

Jesus of Nazareth Cast: Robert Powell , Olivia Hussey , more
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
DVD Release Date: 02/15/2000
Running Time: 6 hour 11 minutes

Synopsis: Because director Franco Zeffirelli noted publicly that he intended to depict Jesus Christ as a human being rather than a religious icon, his ... more