Barabbas

Year:

1962

Duration:

137 min (TCM print) (DVD release)

Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

IMDB rate:

7

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1962-10-10

Filming Locations: Arena di Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy

Cast

Actor

Character

Anthony Quinn

Barabbas

Silvana Mangano

Rachel

Arthur Kennedy

Pontius Pilate

Katy Jurado

Sara

Harry Andrews

Peter

Vittorio Gassman

Sahak

Norman Wooland

Rufio

Valentina Cortese

Julia

Jack Palance

Torvald

Ernest Borgnine

Lucius

Arnoldo Foà

Joseph of Arimathea

Michael Gwynn

Lazarus

Laurence Payne

Disciple

Douglas Fowley

Vasasio

Guido Celano

Scorpio

Enrico Glori

Carlo Giustini

Officer (as Carlo Giutini)

Giovanni Di Benedetto

Officer (as Gianni Di Benedetto)

Robert Hall

Commander of Gladiators

Rina Braido

Tavern Reveler

Nando Angelini

Tullio Tomadoni

Blind Man

Joe Robinson

Gladiator

Friedrich von Ledebur

Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)

Marcello Di Martire

(as Marcello di Martire)

Spartaco Nale

Overseer

Maria Zanoli

Beggar Woman

Gustavo De Nardo

Vladimiro Picciafuochi

Vanoye Aikens

(uncredited)

Anna Alexandrief

(uncredited)

Emma Baron

Maria (uncredited)

Roland Bartrop

(uncredited)

George Birt

(uncredited)

Salvatore Borghese

Dragged Gladiator (uncredited)

William Lyon Brown

(uncredited)

Colm Caffrey

(uncredited)

Alfio Caltabiano

(uncredited)

Miranda Campa

Maria's Sister (uncredited)

E. Cardone

(uncredited)

James Frank Clark

(uncredited)

Livia Cordaro

(uncredited)

Dave Crowley

(uncredited)

Dale Cummings

(uncredited)

Ralph Dammers

(uncredited)

Carolyn De Fonseca

Woman at Tavern (uncredited)

Jim Dolen

(uncredited)

Vera Drudi

Salome (uncredited)

Georges Ehling

(uncredited)

Jody Excell

(uncredited)

Karin Faber

(uncredited)

Audrey Fairfax

(uncredited)

John Farksen

(uncredited)

Charles Fawcett

(uncredited)

Rina Franchetti

Mary Clopas

Bente Friedrichsen

(uncredited)

Robert Gardett

Priest (uncredited)

Maureen Gavin

(uncredited)

Hela Gerber

(uncredited)

Eugene Gervasi

(uncredited)

Larry Hall

(uncredited)

Fernando Hilbeck

(uncredited)

John Horne

(uncredited)

Rick Howes

(uncredited)

William Kiehl

Soldier (uncredited)

Giancarlo Lolli

(uncredited)

Marilyn Lombardo

(uncredited)

Curt Lowens

Disciple (uncredited)

Natasha Lytess

(uncredited)

Rocco Roy Mangano

Jesus Christ

Maria Marchi

(uncredited)

Joan Maslow

(uncredited)

Walter Maslow

(uncredited)

David Maunsell

(uncredited)

Ed McReedy

(uncredited)

Maria Mizar

(uncredited)

Lucia Modugno

(uncredited)

David Montresor

(uncredited)

Paul Muller

Il primo sacedote (uncredited)

Burt Nelson

(uncredited)

Remington Olmsted

(uncredited)

John Palance

(uncredited)

Luciano Palumbo

(uncredited)

Piero Pastore

Nicodemus

Joseph Pilcher

(uncredited)

Paola Pitagora

Mary Magdalene

Sacha Podgorsky

(uncredited)

Massimo Righi

(uncredited)

Margherita Sala

(uncredited)

Gaetano Scala

Gladiator (uncredited)

Nino Segurini

Apostle John

Simone Signoret

(uncredited)

Honoré Singer

(uncredited)

John Stacy

Beggar (uncredited)

Malis Stroyberg

(uncredited)

Dan Sturkie

(uncredited)

Sharon Tate

Patrician in Arena (uncredited)

Peter Tavis

(uncredited)

Jacopo Tecchi

Apostle Thomas

Marilyn Tosatti

(uncredited)

Ivan Triesault

Emperor

Wladimiro Tuicovich

(uncredited)

A. Valentinsich

(uncredited)

Richard Watson

(uncredited)

Veronica Wells

(uncredited)

Jay Weston

(uncredited)

Christa Windish-Graetz

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The solar eclipse that takes place during the crucifixion scene was the real thing, an event for which director Richard Fleischer delayed shooting in order to capture the ethereal nature of the phenomenon.

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Average Shot Length = ~8.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.4 seconds.

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Anthony Quinn was appearing on Broadway in "Becket" (as King Henry II) when he was approached to appear in this film. Producer Dino De Laurentiis had to buy up his Broadway contract to secure his release from the play - something Quinn was anxious for him to do, as he greatly disliked his co-star, Laurence Olivier. After Quinn had departed, Olivier continued in the play, but took over Quinn's part instead of continuing in the title role.

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Goofs

The knives on the wheels of Torvald's chariot appear and disappear.

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Torvald's own net is supposedly snagged by his chariot's wheels and he is dragged to his death, yet when the chariot comes to a stop his net is tied to his chariot inside the wheel, not on the outside of the wheel where the net was snagged.

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Torvald gets caught in his own net and dragged around in it by his own chariot, but after he is dead he only has a rope tied around his wrist and is not wrapped in the net.

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Quotes

Barabbas: Here's a fine sight. Six weeks and nobody's moved!

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Peter: [Arrested for arson, Barabbas has been brought to the dungeons housing the Christians falsely accused of the act] This burning city is no work of ours. This isn't how the new kingdom is going to be made. You were wrong.

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