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About 1977 television biopic and religious miniseries directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and 1978 movie film by Franco Zeffirelli
Genres drama, sword-and-sandal, historical drama
Created by Franco Zeffirelli
Written by Anthony Burgess, Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Starring Christopher Plummer, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Claudia Cardinale, Ian McShane, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine
Music Maurice Jarre
Length 5 episodes, 96 min each
Network Rai 1, ITV1
Country Italy, United Kingdom
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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