The King of Kings
Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$1265284
Revenue
$2641687
Runtime
155 min
Release Date
1927-04-19
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
59
Vote Average
6.5
H.B. Warner
Jesus, The Christ
Dorothy Cumming
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
Jacqueline Logan
Mary Magdalene
Charles Belcher
Philip
Victor Varconi
Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
Montagu Love
Roman Centurion
William Boyd
Simon Of Cyrene
Julia Faye
Martha
May Robson
Mother of Gestas
Sidney Franklin
(uncredited)
John George
(uncredited)
Rex Ingram
(uncredited)
Ruth Miller
(uncredited)
Ayn Rand
(uncredited)
Sally Rand
Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited)
Mark Strong
(uncredited)
David Imboden
Andrew - a Fisherman
Clayton Packard
Bartholomew
Robert Ellsworth
Simon - the Zealot
Charles Requa
James the Lesser
John T. Prince
Thaddeus
Rudolph Schildkraut
Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel
Sam De Grasse
Pharisee
Casson Ferguson
Scribe
Majel Coleman
Proculla - Wife of Pilate
Michael D. Moore
Mark (as Micky Moore)
Theodore Kosloff
Malchus - Captain of the High Priest's Guards
George Siegmann
Barabbas
Josephine Norman
Mary Of Bethany
Kenneth Thomson
Lazarus
Alan Brooks
Satan
Viola Louie
Adulterous Woman
Muriel McCormac
Blind Girl
Clarence Burton
Dysmas - the Repentant Thief
James Pier Mason
Gestas - the Unrepentant Thief (as James Mason)
Dot Farley
Maidservant of Caiaphas
Hector V. Sarno
Galilean Carpenter (as Hector Sarno)
Leon Holmes
Imbecile Boy
Otto Lederer
Eber - a Pharisee
Bryant Washburn
Young Roman
Lionel Belmore
Roman Noble
Monte Collins Sr.
Rich Judeaean
Lucio Flamma
Gallant Of Galilee (as Luca Flamma)
Sôjin Kamiyama
Prince Of Persia (as Sojin)
André Cheron
Wealthy Merchant
Willy Castello
Babylonian Noble
Noble Johnson
Charioteer
Jim Farley
Executioner
Winifred Greenwood
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