Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem
2019
★★★☆☆ 6.5/10
⏱️ 53 min
📅 Released
🌐 DE
DocumentaryAnimationHistoryTV Movie
An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the murder of all male infants born in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, an unproven event that is not mentioned by Titus Flavius Josephus, the main historian of that period.

Cast

Erik Borner
Erik Borner
Self - Narrator (voice)
Richard Lund
Richard Lund
Young Herod
Tony White
Tony White
Old Herod
Will Bergman
Will Bergman
Josephus
Maia Rose Michaels
Maia Rose Michaels
Mariamne
Jessica Leighton
Jessica Leighton
Salome

Crew

Director
Nik Wansbrough
Writer
Alan Rosenthal, Michael Eaton, Nik Wansbrough
Producer
Raffaella Bonivento, Maite Bulgari, Leonardo Paulillo

Production

WildBear Entertainment, Anthos Produzioni, ZDF, ARTE, Screen Queensland, Focus

Keywords

roman empirejerusalemfamily relationshipsjudaismancient historydocudramaancient israel1st centuryjewish historypopular uprising