Mary Magdalene (TV Movie 2000)

Mary Magdalene (TV Movie 2000)

When the marriage between AMOS and MARY MAGDALENE turns out to be childless, he casts her out and gets a divorce. Mary has to leave Magdala. She befriends SILVANO, a Roman prefect, who promises her a new life at his side. A few days after her departure Mary meets the prophet JOHN THE BAPTIST, whom Silvano suspects of being a revolutionary. The prefect tells her to cultivate John more intensively. In this way Mary becomes acquainted with the teaching of the coming Messiah, and it begins to interest her. Read more

Directors: Raffaele Mertes, Elisabetta Marchetti
Writers: Gareth Jones, Gianmario Pagano (story)
Stars: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Massimo Ghini, Giuliana de Sio