"Matthew, a rich nationalist Jew and a contemporary of Jesus, regards the latter as an obstacle in this struggle to free their people from the Roman yoke by means of revolt."
Vittorio Gassman
as Mathieu Blumenthal
Valentina Cortese
as Ester
Inga Gort
as Sara
Noëlle Norman
as Elena
Harry Feist
as
Petr Sharov
Hans Hinrich
Maria Tedeschi
as Kapo (uncredited)
Cesare Polacco
Giulio Battiferri
Giovanni Battista Angioletti
Story
Antonio Belviso
Camera Operator
Otello Colangeli
Editor
Isidoro Broggi
Administration
Enrico Fulchignoni
Screenplay
Bruno Gebel
First Assistant Director
Raimondo Toscano
Second Assistant Director
Mario Amari
Sound
Ugo Giacomozzi
Conductor
Alberto Cinquini
Unit Manager
Arrigo Equini
Production Design
Guido De Luca
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Anton Giulio Majano
Giuseppe Fatigati
Production Manager
Bianca Bacicchi
Costume Design
Goffredo Alessandrini
Director
Václav Vích
Director of Photography
Enzo Masetti
Original Music Composer
Nino Angioletti
Producer
Ennio De Concini
Eugène Sue
Novel
Flaminio Bollini