The Nativity

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The Nativity

1978

1h 38m

7.5(2 votes)

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Overview

The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.

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17 members

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Madeleine Stowe

Mary

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John Shea

Joseph

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Jane Wyatt

Anna

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Paul Stewart

Zacharias

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Audrey Totter

Elizabeth

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Jiří Voskovec

Joachim

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Julie Garfield

Zipporah

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Jamil Zakkai

Menachem

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Freddie Jones

Diomedes

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John Rhys-Davies

Nestor

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William Morgan Sheppard

Flavius

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Kate O'Mara

Salome

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Leo McKern

King Herod

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Geoffrey Beevers

Eleazar

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Barrie Houghton

Preacher

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Jacob Witkin

Census Taker

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Jack Lynn

Innkeeper

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