Jesus Christ Superstar

Aug 15, 1973

1h 48m

★ 7.1

And now the film…

Overview

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Jesus Christ Superstar Trailers

Cast

Jesus Christ

Ted Neeley

Judas Iscariot

Carl Anderson

Mary Magdalene

Yvonne Elliman

Pontius Pilate

Barry Dennen

Caiaphas

Bob Bingham

Simon Zealotes

Larry Marshall

King Herod

Josh Mostel

Annas

Kurt Yaghjian

Peter

Paul Thomas

Apostle

Pi Douglass

Apostle James

Robert LuPone

Apostle

Jonathan Wynne

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