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The King of Kings

The King of Kings

Release: 1927-04-19 ·Runtime: 155m ·★ 6.4
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The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

DeMille Pictures Corporation

Cast

H.B. Warner H.B. Warner as Jesus, The Christ Dorothy Cumming Dorothy Cumming as Mary, the Mother Ernest Torrence Ernest Torrence as Peter Joseph Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut as Judas Iscariot James Neill James Neill as James - Brother of John Joseph Striker Joseph Striker as John - the Beloved Robert Edeson Robert Edeson as Matthew - the Publican Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook as Thomas, the Doubter Jacqueline Logan Jacqueline Logan as Mary Magdalene Charles Belcher Charles Belcher as Philip Victor Varconi Victor Varconi as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea Montagu Love Montagu Love as Roman Centurion William Boyd William Boyd as Simon Of Cyrene Julia Faye Julia Faye as Martha May Robson May Robson as Mother of Gestas Sidney Franklin Sidney Franklin as (uncredited) John George John George as (uncredited) Rex Ingram Rex Ingram as (uncredited) Ayn Rand Ayn Rand as (uncredited) Sally Rand Sally Rand as Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited) Charles Requa Charles Requa as James the Lesser John T. Prince John T. Prince as Thaddeus Rudolph Schildkraut Rudolph Schildkraut as Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel Sam De Grasse Sam De Grasse as Pharisee Casson Ferguson Casson Ferguson as Scribe Majel Coleman Majel Coleman as Proculla - Wife of Pilate Michael D. Moore Michael D. Moore as Mark (as Micky Moore) Theodore Kosloff Theodore Kosloff as Malchus - Captain of the High Priest's Guards George Siegmann George Siegmann as Barabbas Josephine Norman Josephine Norman as Mary Of Bethany Kenneth Thomson Kenneth Thomson as Lazarus Clarence Burton Clarence Burton as Dysmas - the Repentant Thief James Pier Mason James Pier Mason as Gestas - the Unrepentant Thief (as James Mason) Dot Farley Dot Farley as Maidservant of Caiaphas Otto Lederer Otto Lederer as Eber - a Pharisee Bryant Washburn Bryant Washburn as Young Roman Lionel Belmore Lionel Belmore as Roman Noble Monte Collins Sr. Monte Collins Sr. as Rich Judeaean Sôjin Kamiyama Sôjin Kamiyama as Prince Of Persia (as Sojin) André Cheron André Cheron as Wealthy Merchant Willy Castello Willy Castello as Babylonian Noble Noble Johnson Noble Johnson as Charioteer Jim Farley Jim Farley as Executioner Winifred Greenwood Winifred Greenwood