If you've already finished the film, then you might be curious about the final scenes, particularly what happens to Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus, as well as the volatile King Herod. Directed by D ...
Joachim realizes God must want Mary and Joseph to marry, and agrees. So they get engaged! Meanwhile, the tyrannical King Herod (Anthony Hopkins) has his wife Mariamne (played by Israeli actor Mili ...
That’s thanks to the film’s on-location shoot in ancient, abandoned villages in Morocco, and also, apparently, thanks to an old Ridley Scott set that Mary borrowed for King Herod’s palace in ...
Marcellus had been keeping an eye on Mary since her presence caused fear in King Herod after he brutalized the high priest Aristobulus III. He even threatened her and others to know about her powers.
Herod is meant to be Mary’s chief tormentor, after all – not an embarrassed prisoner in his own palace. Line readings from the rest of the (mostly Israeli) cast tend toward the strangulated.
Chosen to bring the Messiah into the world, Mary (Noa Cohen) is shunned following a miraculous conception and forced into hiding. When King Herod (Anthony Hopkins) orders a murderous hunt for her ...