He Who Must Die
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| Directed by | Jules Dassin |
| Produced by | Henri Bérard |
| Written by | Ben Barzman Jules Dassin |
| Starring | Jean Servais Carl Möhner Grégoire Aslan |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Chain Jacques Natteau |
| Edited by | Roger Dwyre Pierre Gillette |
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122 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
He Who Must Die (French: Celui qui doit mourir, Italian: Colui che deve morire ) is a 1957 French film directed by Jules Dassin. It is based on the novel Christ Recrucified (also published as The Greek Passion) by Nikos Kazantzakis. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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Plot
In a Turkish-occupied Greek village shortly after World War I, villagers put on a Passion Play, with ordinary people taking the roles of Jesus, Peter, Judas, etc. Staging the play leads to them rebelling against their Turkish rulers in a way that mirrors Jesus's story.[2]
Reception
The film received a generally positive response. It was favorably reviewed in Time and The New Yorker, and received awards in communist eastern Europe (Dassin was well known for his left-wing views), and even some liberal Catholics praised it.[2] Bosley Crowther for The New York Times described it as "brutally realistic", praising the "daring sort of candor and relentless driving" in the way it works out the logic of the plot, and he also praised all of the cast.[3]
Cast
- Jean Servais as Photis
- Carl Möhner as Agha
- Grégoire Aslan as Lukas
- Gert Fröbe as Patriarcheos
- Teddy Bilis as Hadji Nikolis
- René Lefèvre as Yannakos
- Lucien Raimbourg as Kostandis
- Melina Mercouri as Katerina
- Roger Hanin as Pannagotaros
- Pierre Vaneck as Manolios
- Dimos Starenios as Ladas
- Nicole Berger as Mariori
- Maurice Ronet as Michelis
- Fernand Ledoux as Grigoris
- Joe Dassin as Benos
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