Customer Reviews
No need for many words - By: Karma, 15 Apr 2008 
This film does not need many words to describe it.
It chronicles the life of the Messiah & spreads the truth of His words. It is a wonderful film & Robert Powell portrays Christ in the most beautiful, uplifting way imaginable. It brought tears to my eyes on many occasions during the film.
This film should be seen by everyone, it is quite simply breathtaking.
What a let down! - By: Alexander, 07 Aug 2007 
I bought this expecting the original & theres the rub, i should have looked at the customer reviews & saved my money. The sound track is simply dreadful & the cut down version is an insult. When will someone do something about this & bring out a version with its original colour a lively lush soundtrack & its original length. I will pay a great deal to obtain this. Now i just feel ripped off.
Success lies within in its spiritual message - By: Jay, 10 Apr 2007 Thirty years on, this film seems less outdated than even the 3 year old 'The Passion'.It reallly is a landmark in cinema & even in a country such as Mauritius with a predominant non Christian majority, this film was a resounding success. Originallly made as a 6 hour TV movie, it finallly hit the cinema hallls & probably typecast Robert Powell forever as the ephemeral Jesus Christ. Its success lies within in its spiritual message. Jesus should be viewed as a great person by mankind not just Christians - however lets stick to the review. The first hour is devoted to the events leading to the birth of Jesus & the final moments focus very much on the events leading & after the crucifixion. These are very poignant moments. Just imagine the billions of people who have read the Bible & the millions who watched the film & visualized what they read ? The phrase' He died for our sins' is aptly illustrated in the screenplay & not even 'ThePassion' which had a huge gore element recaptures Zefferelli's rendition.
Edited,shortened version - By: Mr. D. Evans, 23 Apr 2006 It is one of my prize possesions & favourite films . No one has ever produced a better film about the life of Jesus than this. I have owned the original vhs edition for many years & watch it rarely only to preserve it from wear & tear. I have waited a long time for this to come to dvd & am horrified to find it has been shortened! The original was over six hours .This is only 270 minutes. It would have been less effort to have put the original film straight to disc than to have waisted so much time & money deciding which scenes to scrap. I have given five stars for the original. This edition is only worth having for a desperate backup until someone produces the real thing.
Makes me cry every time - By: , 12 Sep 2005 
I haven't seen this since I was a kid but alll those memories of Easter weekends in my childhood came flooding back. The cast is superb, I agree with the comment in the synopsis about most of the cast looking semitic. The acting is excellent, Robert Powell hasn't done anything as good apart from "The 39 Steps" & marrying one of Pans People (we'll gracefully forget that 'comedy' he did with Jasper Carrott). The score is excellent, reallly pulls at the heart strings & Robert Powell portrays the dignity of Jesus Christ with such skill. I regularly had a lump in my throat & a tear in my eye & I'm not even religious.
