Directed by:
Pier Paolo PasoliniScreenplay:
Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliComposer:
Luis BacalovCast:
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate, Alfonso Gatto, Luigi Barbini, Paola Tedesco, Rossana Di Rocco (more)Plots(1)
A biblical epic that only the Marxist dissident Pier Paolo Pasolini could make, this intensely faithful adaptation of Saint Matthew’s Gospel depicts the life and teachings of Jesus Christ (Enrique Irazoqui, a Spanish economics student and Communist activist), whose unwavering compassion for the poor and defiant condemnation of moral hypocrisy make him a perhaps unexpected embodiment of the director’s own worldview. Stunningly shot amid the timeless landscapes of southern Italy and set to a soundtrack that encompasses everything from Bach to Black spirituals, The Gospel According to Matthew cuts past dogma and straight to the core of Jesus’s radical humanism. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Enrique Irazoqui](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217065_f33481.jpg)
Enrique Irazoqui
Spain
Best movies:
Margherita Caruso
Best movies:
![Susanna Pasolini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217066_959b1c.jpg)
Susanna Pasolini
Italy
Best movies:
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Teorema (1968)
Marcello Morante
Italy
Best movies:
Mario Socrate
Best movies:
![Alfonso Gatto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217067_6785d3.jpg)
Alfonso Gatto
Italy
Best movies:
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Teorema (1968)
The Context (1976)
![Luigi Barbini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217068_c89c70.jpg)
Luigi Barbini
Best movies:
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Teorema (1968)
The Tough and the Mighty (1969)
![Paola Tedesco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274411_6e2192.jpg)
Paola Tedesco
Italy
Best movies:
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Silent Action (1975)
The Band (1970)
![Rossana Di Rocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/204/160204272_37b104.jpg)
Rossana Di Rocco
Best movies:
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Le soldatesse (1965)
The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
![Ninetto Davoli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270711_605111.jpg)
Ninetto Davoli
Italy
Best movies:
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Ostia (1970)
Teorema (1968)
![Enrico Maria Salerno](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964293_0e9f58.jpg)
Enrico Maria Salerno
Italy
Best movies:
Piazza di Spagna (1993) (series)
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Escape by Night (1960)
![Renato Terra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/207/159207073_02b748.jpg)
Renato Terra
Italy
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)