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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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this beloved film in a two-disc edition featuring both the 112-minute general-release version and the rarely seen 155-minute cut that premiered at the grand opening of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
Original Release
04/19/1927
US Release
04/19/1927
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Cast
Name | Character |
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H.B. Warner | Jesus - the Christ / Jesus, The Christ |
Dorothy Cumming | Mary - the Mother / Mary, the Mother |
Ernest Torrence | Peter |
Joseph Schildkraut | Judas Iscariot |
James Neill | James - Brother of John |
Joseph Striker | John - the Beloved |
Robert Edeson | Matthew - the Publican |
Sidney D'Albrook | Thomas, the Doubter |
David Imboden | Andrew - a Fisherman |
Charles Belcher | Philip |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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H.B. Warner | Jesus - the Christ / Jesus, The Christ |
Dorothy Cumming | Mary - the Mother / Mary, the Mother |
Ernest Torrence | Peter |
Joseph Schildkraut | Judas Iscariot |
James Neill | James - Brother of John |
Joseph Striker | John - the Beloved |
Robert Edeson | Matthew - the Publican |
Sidney D'Albrook | Thomas, the Doubter |
David Imboden | Andrew - a Fisherman |
Charles Belcher | Philip |
Clayton Packard | Bartholomew |
Robert Ellsworth | Simon - the Zealot |
Charles Requa | James the Lesser |
John T. Prince | Thaddeus |
Jacqueline Logan | Mary Magdalene |
Rudolph Schildkraut | Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel |
Sam de Grasse | Pharisee |
Casson Ferguson | Scribe |
Victor Varconi | Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea |
Majel Coleman | Proculla - Wife of Pilate |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |