Barabbas (1961 film): Difference between revisions

| screenplay = [[Christopher Fry]]{{efn|The screenplay includes uncredited contributions from [[Nigel Balchin]]<br, />[[Diego Fabbri]]<br, />[[ChristopherIvo FryPerilli]]<br />and [[Salvatore Quasimodo]].}}

| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Barabbas (novel)|Barabbas]]''<br>(1950 novel)|[[Pär Lagerkvist]]}}

| starring = [[Anthony Quinn]]<br />[[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]]<br />[[Jack Palance]]<br />[[Silvana Mangano]]<br />[[Harry Andrews]]<br />[[Ernest Borgnine]]<br>[[Katy Jurado]]<br>[[Vittorio Gassman]]

| editing = Alberto Gallitti<br />[[Raymond Poulton]]

| distributor = Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica (Italy)<br>[[Columbia Pictures]] (U.S.)

| released = {{Film date|1961|12|23|Italy|1962|10|10|United StatesU.S.}}

'''''Barabbas''''' ({{lang-it|'''Barabba'''}}<ref name=bfi/>) is a 1961 [[Epic films#Religious epics|religious epic film]] directed by [[Richard Fleischer]] for [[Dino De Laurentiis|Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica]], expanding on the careerlife of [[Barabbas]], from the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion]] narrative in the ''[[Gospel of Mark]]'' and other gospels. TheIt filmis starsdirected by [[AnthonyRichard QuinnFleischer]], asproduced Barabbasby [[Dino De Laurentiis]], featuresand stars [[Anthony Quinn]], [[Silvana Mangano]], [[Katy Jurado]], [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]], [[Harry Andrews]], [[Ernest Borgnine]], [[Vittorio Gassman]], and [[Jack Palance]], and was distributed by [[Columbia Pictures]]. ItThe wasscreenplay conceived as a grand Roman epic, wasis based on [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]]-winningwinner [[Pär Lagerkvist]]'s [[1950 in literature|1950]] novel [[Barabbas (novel)|of the same title]]. A [[Barabbas (1953 film)|previous film version]] of the novel, in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], had been made in 1953.

The film was directed byin [[Richard FleischerVerona]] and shot in Verona and Rome under the supervision of producer [[Dino De LaurentiisRome]]. It included many spectacular scenes, including a battle of gladiators in a [[Cinecittà]] film studio mock-up of the arena[[Colosseum]], and a crucifixion shot during an actual total [[solar eclipse]]. It was released in Italy on December 23, 1961, and in the United States by [[Columbia Pictures]] on October 10, 1962. In Italy, the film was nominated for three [[Nastro d'Argento|Nastro d'Argento Awards]] (Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design).