San Paolo (2000)
Actors:
Mohamed Alkaghat (actor),
Hicham Bahloul (actor),
G.W. Bailey (actor),
Mohamed Bensouda (actor),
Johannes Brandrup (actor),
Johannes Brandrup (actor),
Christian Brendel (actor),
Ennio Fantastichini (actor),
Luke Zebedee Ford (actor),
Colin Goodwin (actor),
Jack Hedley (actor),
Craig Huston (actor),
Aziz Janah (actor),
Mohamed Khayi (actor),
Azelarab Alkaghat (actor),
Plot: Biblical epic from the book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering the conversion of Saul of Tarsus and his ministry to the Gentiles now known as Paul. Pursued by fellow Jew, Reuben, who wishes him dead, Paul takes the Gospel of Jesus thru-out the known world to Rome.
Keywords: ancient-rome, based-on-the-bible, based-on-true-story, bible, bible-story, centurion, character-name-in-title, christian, christianity, cross
Genres:
Adventure,
Drama,
Quotes:
Barnabas: [as Paul is boarding the ship to Rome] Paul! Paul!::Paul of Tarsus: [to guard] Please, I love this man.::Paul of Tarsus: [Runs down to Barnabas] I'm sorry, friend.::Barnabas: I'm sorry too.::Paul of Tarsus: Pride is such a stupid sin.::Barnabas: Oh, are there intelligent sins? [both chuckle]
Masada (1981)
Actors:
Patrick Gorman (actor),
Alex Karras (actor),
Christal Blue (actress),
Richard Irving (producer),
Jennings Lang (producer),
Robert L. Kimble (editor),
Ron Rutberg (editor),
Alan J. Lam (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealots and withdraw his legion. Events and personalities in Rome, however, lead to his besieging the fortress of Masada. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of Eleazar Ben Yair and his people.
Keywords: 1st-century, ancient-rome, animal-sacrifice, based-on-story, betrayal, catapult, dead-children, engineer, honor, intrigue
Genres:
Action,
Drama,
History,
Quotes:
Cornelius Flavius Silva: A victory? What have we won? We've won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned sea.
Cornelius Flavius Silva: [to Gallus] We must face the truth. We laid out this camp for the prosecution of a siege. We didn't expect them to come visiting at all hours. We expected them to be stubborn, and they've turned out to be clever. I hate cleverness! It's the soldier in me, but we could use a little bit of it ourselves at the moment.
Kophar: [in a patronizing tone] Your excellency, what an honor.::Cornelius Flavius Silva: Hello, Kophar. I see you're still one step ahead of leprosy.
Rubrius Gallus: [after the wind blows sand into his face] Damn wind!::Centurion: Could be rain, couldn't it?::Rubrius Gallus: [laconically] Ayhh, could be cantalopes from Egypt too, but it's not.
Senator Pomponius Falco: [arriving in camp during the heat of day] So much for atheism! There is a Hell! This is it!
Eleazar ben Yair: You say you will catch us, and kill us? I invite you to try.::Cornelius Flavius Silva: You invite me to try? Your country is one long and narrow graveyard already; your cities are flatter than your deserts, your temple has been destroyed and most of the survivors are slaves, all for seven years of our 'trying'. Give us our due, man, we know how to kill.