The Nativity (film)
| The Nativity | |
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| Written by | Morton S. Fine Millard Kaufman |
| Directed by | Bernard L. Kowalski |
| Starring | Madeleine Stowe John Shea Jane Wyatt Paul Stewart Audrey Totter George Voskovec |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | R.S. Allen Harvey Bullock |
| Producer | William P. D'Angelo |
| Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
| Editors | Jerry Dronsky Robert Phillips |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Production company | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | December 17, 1978 |
The Nativity is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical drama film starring Madeleine Stowe as Mary, set around the Nativity of Jesus and based on the accounts in the canonical Gospels of Matthew and Luke, in the apocryphal gospels of Pseudo-Matthew and James, and in the Golden Legend. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, written by Morton S. Fine and Millard Kaufman, and filmed in Almería, Spain.
Cast
- Madeleine Stowe - Mary
- John Shea - Joseph
- Jane Wyatt - Anna
- Paul Stewart - Zacharias
- Audrey Totter - Elizabeth
- George Voskovec - Joachim
- Freddie Jones - Diomedes
- John Rhys-Davies - Nestor
- W. Morgan Sheppard - Flavius
- Kate O'Mara - Salome
- Leo McKern - Herod
- Geoffrey Beevers - Eleazar
See also
External links
- The Nativity at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1978 television films
- 1970s biographical films
- 1970s drama films
- American films
- American biographical films
- American drama films
- Films based on the Gospels
- Films directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
- Nativity of Jesus on television
- Depictions of Herod the Great on film
- Gospel of Matthew
- Gospel of Luke
- Film scores by Lalo Schifrin
- Christmas television films
- Television films by 20th Century Fox Television
- Christmas television film stubs