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From the annunciation to the ascension, this black-and-white biopic takes a strictly chronological approach to the “greatest story ever told”. Yet in the best silent-film tradition, it distorts reality with effusive and expressionist devices. Even in the womb, the baby Jesus is already a beanpole; the holy family is rife with internal strife; Satan is a debaucher who uses sex, drugs and rock-and-roll as temptations, and Maria Magdalena is a crusty hussy. (Berlinale)
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![Wilhelm Hein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/502/162502016_15d178.jpg)
Wilhelm Hein
German Empire
![Jörg Buttgereit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270079_e96f5b.jpg)
Jörg Buttgereit
West Germany
Best movies:
The Death King (1990)
Must Love Death (2009)
Nekromantik 2 (1991)