From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
Gregori Chmara
as Jesus Christ
Henny Porten
as Maria
Asta Nielsen
as Maria Magdalena
Werner Krauß
as Pontius Pilatus
Alexander Granach
as Judas Ischariot
Emanuel Reicher
as Kaiphas
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Johannes
Lionel Royce
as Bartholomäus
Theodor Becker
as Der röische Hauptmann
Max Kronert
as Jacobus der Älere
Robert Taube
as Annas
Bruno Ziener
as Simon Petrus