Mary of Nazareth
The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary, a young Galilean, virginal conceived the Messiah, the Son of God. Her husband Joseph, a humble carpenter, decided to stay by his side throughout. When Caesar Augustus ordered the Jews to register people, the couple embarks on a journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. Meanwhile, Maria Magdalena, a young woman from the same town that Mary, turns away from God and placed in the palace of King Herod, Herodias where convinces her to lose her innocence in the arms of the king’s son.
Director: Giacomo Campiotti
Actors: Alissa Jung, Andrea Giordana, Andreas Pietschmann, Antonia Liskova, Johannes Brandrup, Luca Marinelli, Nikolai Kinski, Paz Vega, Roberto Citran, Thomas Trabacchi
Country: Germany, Italy