The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Enrique Irazoqui
Margherita Caruso
Susanna Pasolini
Marcello Morante
Mario Socrate
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In semi-documentary style, the film traces the life of Jesus Christ as told in the Gospel of St. Matthew. Highlights include: the Annunciation, the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem stable; Herod's decree that all new-born males in Bethlehem be slaughtered; the Holy Family's flight into Egypt; Jesus' youth in Nazareth; His baptism by John the Baptist; His 40-day fast in the desert; His entry into Jerusalem; the execution of John the Baptist; the Last Supper; the betrayal by Judas; the Crucifixion; and the Resurrection.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast
Enrique Irazoqui
Margherita Caruso
Susanna Pasolini
Marcello Morante
Mario Socrate
Settimo Di Porto
Otello Sestili
Ferruccio Nuzzo
Giacomo Morante
Alfonso Gatto
Enzo Siciliano
Giorgio Agamben
Guido Cerretani
Luigi Barbini
Marcello Galdini
Elio Spaziani
Rosario Migale
Rodolfo Wilcock
Alessandro Tasca
Amerigo Bevilacqua
Francesco Leonetti
Franca Cupane
Paola Tedesco
Rossana Di Rocco
Eliseo Boschi
Natalia Ginzburg
Renato Terra
Enrico Maria Salerno
Crew
Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Johann Sebastian Bach
Nino Baragli
Alfredo Bini
Manolo Bolognini
Eliseo Boschi
Andreina Casini
Ettore Catallucci
Marcello Ceccarelli
Victor Hugo Contino
Lina D'amico
Mario Del Pezzo
Tonino Delli Colli
Danilo Donati
Piero Farani
Bruno Frascà
Maurizio Lucidi
G. Cianfarelli Modica
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Angelo Novi
Mimma Pomilia
Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev
Rocchetti
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Sandro Ruzzolini
Luigi Scaccianoce
Anton Webern
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Score
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed in southern Italy (Calabria, Lucania, and Puglia). Released in Italy in 1964 as Il vangelo secondo Matteo; running time: 142 min; opened in Paris in March 1965 as L'évangile selon saint-Matthieu; running time: 130 min. The word "saint" was introduced into the English title against the director's wish. The film is dedicated to the memory of Pope John XXIII. Musical selections include the Congolese Missa Luba, Prokofiev's "Cantata" from Alexander Nevsky, and Bach's St. Matthew Passion.
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted One of the Year's Five Best Foreign Language Films by the 1966 National Board of Review.
Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Films by the 1966 New York Times Film Critics.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize and the Catholic FIlm Office Award at the 1964 Venice Film Festival.
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States August 20, 1990
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States Winter February 17, 1966
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City April 27-May 29, 1990.
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at UCLA Film and Television Archive September 27 - December 20, 1991.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Shown at Lincoln Center, New York City in the series "A Roman Holiday" August 20, 1990.
The word "Saint" was inserted into the English title against Pasolini's wishes. The dedication to Pope John XXIII was also shortened in English.
Re-released in Paris April 4, 1990.
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City April 27-May 29, 1990.)
Released in United States Winter February 17, 1966
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Released in United States August 20, 1990 (Shown at Lincoln Center, New York City in the series "A Roman Holiday" August 20, 1990.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at UCLA Film and Television Archive September 27 - December 20, 1991.)
