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La vie et la passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ
Also known as [La vie et la passion de Jesus Christ]
(1906) France
B&W : Four reels
Directed by [?] Ferdinand Zecca and/or Lucien Nonguet?

Cast: (unknown)

Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / [?] 35mm spherical format? Color-tinted. / An early example of a gradual transition from one color tint to another. [?] Shipman-Cinema p. 26 lists the release year for Zecca and Nonguet’s film La vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ for Pathé as 1902.

Drama: Historical: Biblical.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Jesus Christ

Listing updated: 4 November 2022.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 40, 59; Pratt-Spellbound p. ?; Shipman-Cinema p. 26 : Image-34-1-2 p. 38 : Website-IMDb.