Barabbas (1953 film)

Barabbas is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjberg. It is based on the novel Barabbas by Pr Lagerkvist. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

After a year of preparations, the shooting started in the spring of 1952 in Israel and Rome, and then moved on for interior scenes in Sweden during the summer. As the assigned cinematographer Gran Strindberg became ill early during the production, the still upandcoming Sven Nykvist, later star cinematographer for Ingmar Bergman, had to replace him for the exterior shots. Additional filming occurred during the autumn and even into December.

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