The series, hosted by Robert Powell, who played the biblical figure in the 1977 miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth ... Ian McShane, Sir Laurence Olivier and James Earl Jones.

“Jesus of Nazareth” starred almost everybody who was anybody in 1970s cinema. The cast of Franco Zeffirelli’s mini-series reads like an honor roll of Hollywood legends: Laurence ...

With Laurence Olivier, James Earl Jones and Ian McShane. This movie is derived from combining all 4 parts of the original Jesus of Nazareth mini-series from 1977 resulting in a single long feature ...

Jesus of Nazareth’s best sequences are brilliant ... Mixed Jewish responses to Jesus include those of Nicodemus (Laurence Olivier) and Joseph of Arimathea (James Mason), proto-disciples whose ...

His 1977 NBC miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft and Christopher Plummer, was nominated for an Emmy for ...

Famed for his opulent lyrical productions on the world’s major stages as well as for films, Zeffirelli worked with stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, Alec ...