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