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The Nativity (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Coky Giedroyc

Written By:
Tony Jordan

Actors:
Andrew Buchan ..... Joseph
Peter Capaldi ..... Balthazar
Al Weaver ..... Thomas
Jack Shepherd ..... Melchior
Art Malik ..... Nicolaus (4 episodes, 2010)
Obi Abili ..... Gaspar
Tatiana Maslany ..... Mary (4 episodes, 2010)
Ruth Negga ..... Leah (4 episodes, 2010)
Neil Dudgeon ..... Joachim
John Lynch ..... Gabriel
Howard Samuels ..... Tax Collector (3 episodes, 2010)
Vincent Regan ..... Herod
David Sterne ..... Abimael
Claudie Blakley ..... Anna (3 episodes, 2010)
Gawn Grainger ..... Levi
Ken Bones ..... Bethlehem Rabbi (2 episodes, 2010)
Noureddine Aberdine ..... Desert Soldier (2 episodes, 2010)
Frances Barber ..... Elizabeth (2 episodes, 2010)

Synopsis:

Tony Jordan's unique take on the story of The Nativity explores the troubled times of Roman occupied Palestine, bringing legend to life but rooting the action in a world we can all recognise and understand. Mary is a seemingly ordinary, spirited 16-year-old girl, who counts her blessings when her parents arrange to marry her to a local carpenter, Joseph. He may be older, and have simple ways, but Joseph has a good heart. But when she falls pregnant, supposedly a virgin, she brings shame upon her family and the threat of death upon herself. At her father's desperate plea, Joseph nevertheless agrees to save Mary by allowing her to travel with him to a faraway town... Bethlehem. Meanwhile wise scholars watching the movements of the stars, realise that an ancient prophecy is about to be fulfilled, the coming of the Messiah. Just as their courage and faith seems tested to the limit, their paths converge in the unlikeliest of places and suddenly, it seems that the impossible might just be possible after all...

Season 1
S1, Ep1
Dec. 20, 2010
Part 1
Joachim and Anna arrange their daughter Mary's marriage. Meanwhile, the shepherd Thomas struggles with taxation and his wife's illness. A group of Magi gather to discuss the signs they read in the stars.

S1, Ep2
Dec. 21, 2010
Part 2
Mary will give birth to God's son; but unable to tell Joseph her secret, she leaves to stay with her cousin Elizabeth. Thomas's situation worsens. Three Magi set off on a long journey.

S1, Ep3
Dec. 22, 2010
Part 3
Joachim begs Joseph to take Mary away, as she faces stoning for being unwed and pregnant. Herod becomes suspicious of the Magi's mission. Thomas finds no comfort in the foretold Messiah.

S1, Ep4
Dec. 23, 2010
Part 4
The three stories converge in Bethlehem, as Mary goes into labor, Thomas receives a message, and the Magi hurry to witness a great event.

Taking place around the turn of the millennium, this four part series follows three entwining tales based on the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus Christ. In Nazareth, Joseph, a carpenter, courts teenager Mary. Meanwhile in Bethlehem, a shepherd called Thomas struggles under heavy taxation. And somewhere to the East, Magi gather to discuss the signs of a great event they see foretold in the stars. All their lives are brought together when Mary is visited by an angel and told she will give birth to the son of God.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.