Studying the gospels

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows studying the gospels

poster Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

90mn - Documentary

Granted unprecedented access to the National Gallery in London and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, this intimate documentary explores Rembrandt van Rijn's profound late masterpieces through a landmark exhibition…

poster Love One Another

Love One Another

Based on the novel 'Elsker hverandre' by Aage Madelung, the film follows various lives, one of which is Jewish girl Hanne-Liebe, as she grows up, and experiences the pains of living as a Jew in Russia, le…

poster Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis

Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis

90mn - Documentary

Art experts and historians delve into the secrets behind Johannes Vermeer's most famous masterpiece, exploring the mysterious identity of the girl with the pearl earring and revealing the artistic techniq…

poster Lamb

Lamb

Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his…

poster Artistic Creation

Artistic Creation

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real woman. He then continuous drawing the lady, one body pa…

poster Christmas Lilies of the Field

Christmas Lilies of the Field

100mn - Drama, Short

In this belated sequel to 'Lilies of the Field' (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build for five German nuns under the supervision of Mother M…

poster The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

19mn - Drama, History

Pompeii 79AD, mere days before the Vesuvian eruption. Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbaces, the Egyptian High Priest, is determined to conquer Jone. Glaucus purchases Nydia, the blind an…

poster Shadows

Shadows

Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathe…

poster Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity sta…

poster Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

6mn - Drama, Fantasy

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was relea…

poster The Little House in Kolomna

The Little House in Kolomna

Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards's officers who pa…

poster The Childhood of Krishna

The Childhood of Krishna

48mn - Fantasy, Drama

The playmates of Krishna are insulted by a female villager who splashes water on them. They take revenge by stealing butter from her house. When they are beaten up by the woman, they again take revenge wi…

poster Ambrose's Sour Grapes

Ambrose's Sour Grapes

Ambrose loses his girl-friend to Harry Gribbon in the park. When Ambrose's "girl-friend"'s twin sister and husband arrive everybody gets mixed-up between the two twins.

poster The Saga of Gösta Berling

The Saga of Gösta Berling

Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is finally defrocked. He becomes a tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But …

poster Salomé

Salomé

Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the production, an attempt to capture the wild and weird Aubrey Beardsley illustrations that transfigure the work. Th…

poster Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thi…

poster Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist

118mn - Documentary, History

A documentary examining possible historical and modern conspiracies surrounding Christianity, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Federal Reserve bank.

poster The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of je…

poster Grandma Despina

Grandma Despina

1mn - Documentary

This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot. For no apparent reason, …

poster My Cousin

My Cousin

50mn - Drama, Comedy

Sincere but struggling sculptor Tommasso (Caruso--bushy moustache, gawky) works in an ornamental plaster shop, but his masterpiece on the side is a bust of his cousin Caroli (Caruso--no moustache, polishe…

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