ISRAEL
THE BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT
The Bible (1966) Italian
Abraham (1994) -- God sends Abraham to Canaan (modern Israel), some time between 2000 and 1700 B.C.
Sodom and Gomorrah (1963) --
Ten Commandments (1956) -- Charlton Heston as Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt, around 1275 B.C.
Moses the Law Giver (1975) --
Moses (1996) TV --
The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974) TV --
Joseph (1995) TV --
Samson and Delilah (1949) -- Cecile B. DeMille with Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr, somewhere between 1200 and 1000 B.C.
Samson and Delilah (1996) TV --
The Story of Ruth (1960) -- grandmother of King David
David and Goliath (1960) -- David kills the giant Philistine
King David (1985) -- King of Israel (ruler from 1000 -960 B.C.)
David and Batsheba (1951) -- King David steals himself a wife
Solomon and Sheba (1959) -- supposed relationship between King Solomon(960-928) & the Queen of Sheba
Cortigiana di Babilonia (Queen of Babylon) (1956) -- Babylonia rebels against the Assyrian empire, 626 B.C.
Esther and the King (1960) -- Esther saves the Jews of 4th c. B.C. Persia
Esther (1999) -- remake of Esther and the King
RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
Herod the Great (1960) -- ancient Judea
Salome (1953) -- the dancer and John the Baptist
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) -- crucified 30 A.D.
Jesus (1979)
King of Kings (1961) -- Jesus
Mary and Joseph (1979)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Barabbas (1961)
The Robe (1953)
Peter and Paul (1981) -- Peter may have been the rock, but it was Paul that spreading Christianity to the non-Jewish world
The Da Vinci Code (2006) -- the Catholic church fights and murders to prevent the world from knowing that Jesus was mortal and had actually married Mary Magdalene
Sign of the Cross (1932) -- Rome under Emperor Nero; Christians seek religious freedom
Raid on Entebbe (1977) -- Israeli raid to free hostages at the Entebbe Airport, Uganda when it was under the murderer Idi Amin
Victory at Entebbe (1976) -- ditto
Exodus (1960) -- establishment of Israel
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) -- US Col. David "Mickey" Marcus goes to late-1940s Israel to reorganize its army
Long Way Home (1997) -- Jews after Liberation
Golda (1982) -- Israeli leader Golda Mier
Operation Eichman (1961) -- Israelis capture & execute a Nazi war criminal
Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) TV -- Nazi war criminal
Munich (2005) -- death
of the 1972 Israel Olympic team and the Israeli attempt to kill all those
responsible
Sadat (1983) -- President of Egypt Anwar
Sadat makes war on and then makes peace with Israel
Kippur (2000) -- war seen through the perspective of a member of the rescue squad
Rana's Wedding (2002) -- Palestinian woman who wants to marry has to go through many obstacles thrown up by the occupation
Wedding in Galilee (1988) -- in order for a Palestinian wedding to take place, they have to invite the occupation military governor