Barabbas (1961 film)

Barabbas is a 1961 religious epic film expanding on the career of Barabbas, from the Christian Passion narrative in the Gospel of Mark and other gospels. The film stars Anthony Quinn as Barabbas, features Silvana Mangano, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, Vittorio Gassman, and Jack Palance, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was conceived as a grand Roman epic, was based on Nobel Prizewinning Pr Lagerkvists 1950 novel of the same title. A previous film version of the novel, in Swedish, had been made in 1953.

Shortly before the crucifixion of Christ, Pontius Pilate offers to release either Jesus Christ or Barabbas in keeping with the local custom. As the Bible story goes, Barabbas is the one the crowd chooses.Barabbas returns to his friends, and asks where his lover Rachel is. They inform him that Rachel had changed while he was away, and has become a follower of Christ. Rachel soon returns, but she is not overjoyed to see Barabbas. ........

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