Barabbas

The man of violence in whose place Christ died
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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 31, 2002
  • Originally Released: 1961
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 2,133
Problems of dubbing and pacing and a lack of scene-to-scene variety weigh the movie down, but Christopher Fry's pointed and intelligent free adaptation of Pär Lagerkvist's 1950 novel resists grandiloquence.
New Yorker
Mar 10, 2014
Rating: 4/5 -- An extremely underrated Biblical epic.
Fantastica Daily
Oct 27, 2005
Rating: B -- Lacking the Circus Maximus spectacle of its famous predecessor, Barabbas compensates with nuanced acting from Anthony Quinn Full Review
Old School Reviews
May 2, 2003
One might be likelier to forgive this if the film's declared intentions were less high-minded. Full Review
The Spectator
Jul 18, 2018
Like Fleischer's oeuvre as a whole, it's ripe for reconsideration-the Greatest Story Ever Told has been Retold and Retold, but Barabbas brings it back from the dead. Full Review
Film Comment Magazine
Apr 28, 2014

Product Description:

When thief and murderer Barabbas (Anthony Quinn) is freed by the people of Judea rather than Jesus of Nazareth, the criminal struggles to understand why he was chosen to live. Rachel (Silvanno Mangano), the woman he loves, becomes a follower of Jesus, whom she believes has risen from the tomb. Barabbas, however, is unconvinced. Caught preaching, Rachel is stoned to death. Barabbas is sentenced to life working in the sulphur mines. Years later, when Barabbas is chained to Sarak (Vittorio Gassman), a Christian, the mines collapse. Barabbas and Sahak escape, and are taken to Rome and trained to fight. In the Coliseum, Barabbas eventually faces the villainous Torvald (Jack Palance). Academy Award-winning director Richard Fleischer's fictional look at one of the New Testament's most stirring passages showcases strong performances all around.

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  • Sales Rank: 20,118
  • UPC: 043396077508
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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