Query: Epic films about christianity not set in Israel
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)
Francis of Assisi (film)
The Passion of the Christ
Quo Vadis (1951 film)
Intolerance (film)
Luther (2003 film)
Son of God (film)
The Robe (film)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Saint Joan (1957 film)
Evidence from documents: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film): '''''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ''''' is a 1925 American silent epic adventure-drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by June Mathis based on the 1880 novel ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' by General Lew Wallace. Starring Ramon Novarro as the title character, the film is the first feature-length adaptation of the novel and second overall, following the 1907 short.
Francis of Assisi (film): not set in Israel: . It was shot entirely in Italy.
Epic films about christianity: Francis Bernardone (Bradford Dillman) is the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi. He joins a military expedition, but deserts when an inner voice commands it. He gives up all his worldly goods to dedicate himself to God.
The Passion of the Christ: '''''The Passion of the Christ''''' is a 2004 American epic biblical drama film produced, directed and co-written by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as Mary, mother of Jesus, and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene.
Quo Vadis (1951 film): '''''Quo Vadis''''' (Latin for "Where are you going?") is a 1951 American epic film set in ancient Rome during the final years of Emperor Nero's reign, based on the 1896 novel of the same title by Polish Nobel Laureate author Henryk Sienkiewicz. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and filmed in Technicolor, it was directed by Mervyn LeRoy from a screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, and John Lee Mahin. It is the fourth screen adaptation of Sienkiewicz's novel. The film stars Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, and Peter Ustinov, and features Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Marina Berti, Buddy Baer, and Felix Aylmer. Future Italian stars Sophia Loren and Bud Spencer appeared as uncredited extras. The score is by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography by Robert Surtees and William V. Skall.


The story, set between 64–68 AD, combines both historical and fictional events and characters, and compresses the key events of that period into the space of only a few weeks. Its main theme is the Roman Empire’s conflict with Christianity and persecution of Christians in the final years of the Julio-Claudian line. Unlike his illustrious and powerful predecessor, Emperor Claudius, Nero proved corrupt and destructive, and his actions eventually threatened to destroy Rome's previously peaceful social order. The title refers to an incident in the apocryphal Acts of Peter.
Intolerance (film): '''''Intolerance''''' is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitles include '''''Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages''''' and '''''A Sun-Play of the Ages'''''.


Regarded as one of the most influential films of the silent era (though it received mixed reviews at the time), the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Judean story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle.
Luther (2003 film): '''''Luther''''' is a 2003 historical drama film dramatizing the life of Protestant Christian reformer Martin Luther.
Son of God (film): '''''Son of God''''' is a 2014 American epic biblical film directed by Christopher Spencer, and produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. The film retells the life of Jesus and is an adaptation of the ten-hour miniseries ''The Bible'', which aired in March 2013 on the History channel, and immediately following the movie begins another TV series called ''A.D. The Bible Continues''.
The Robe (film): Epic films about christianity: '''''The Robe''''' is a 1953 American fictional Biblical epic film
not set in Israel: the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that is responsible for the Crucifixion of Jesus
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc: Epic films: '''''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc''''' () is a 1999 English-language French epic historical drama film directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway and Dustin Hoffman.
about christianity not set in Israel: ''The Messenger'' portrays the story of St. Joan of Arc, the French war heroine and religious martyr of the Hundred Years War. It begins with young Joan as she witnesses the atrocities of the English against her family, and she has visions that inspire her to lead the French in battle against the occupying English.
Saint Joan (1957 film): Epic films about christianity not set in Israel: (also called '''''Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan''''') is a 1957 historical drama film adapted from the 1923 George Bernard Shaw play of the same title about the life of Joan of Arc
about christianity: film, Joan's last line is "O God that madest this beautiful earth, when will it be ready to receive Thy saints? How long, O Lord, how long?"