The King of Kings

Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!

6.419272h 35m

Released

Drama

History

Overview

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

StatusReleased

Release Date1927-04-19

Runtime2h 35m

LanguagesNo Language

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$1,265,284

Revenue$2,641,687

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Trailer

The King of Kings - 1927 Film Trailer

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Cast & Crew

H.B. Warner

as Jesus, The Christ

Dorothy Cumming

as Mary, the Mother

Ernest Torrence

as Peter

Joseph Schildkraut

as Judas Iscariot

James Neill

as James - Brother of John

Joseph Striker

as John - the Beloved

Robert Edeson

as Matthew - the Publican

Sidney D'Albrook

as Thomas, the Doubter

Jacqueline Logan

as Mary Magdalene

Charles Belcher

as Philip

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jun 6, 2022

7/10

As biblical epics go, this is probably the best in my book. Cecil B. de Mille has crafted a masterpiece of silent cinema depicting the tale of the Christ from the beginnings of his journey until the resurrection. Using partly scripted and actual verses from the bible, the intertitles are expertly spaced to offer support to the dialogue when require…

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