The Twelve Apostles

Dec 1, 1999

1h 31m

★ 7.5

Overview

They started out as average, unexceptional men of their time. Fishermen, farmers, local magistrates. But their dedication to a prophetic Jewish preacher in the backwaters of the Roman Empire transformed them into revolutionaries and, in the process, changed the world itself in ways that would reverberate across time for two thousand years. Now, discover the extraordinary, untold stories of the men chosen by Jesus to bring God’s plan to the world. Among them: Peter, the rock upon which Christ would build His new religion; James and John, the fiery-tempered “sons of thunder”; Matthew, the tax collector later murdered by cannibals; Simon the Zealot, the anti-Roman fanatic eventually “cut to pieces” preaching in Spain; and Judas Iscariot, whose betrayal would be paid for with silver and suicide.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Weller/Grossman Productions

Paulist Productions

History

A+E Studios

The Twelve Apostles Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Martin Sheen

Self – Author

Kenneth C. Davis

Recreation Actor

Marcan Arneau

Recreation Actor

Moti Buchboot

Recreation Actor

Joe Castro

Recreation Actor

Kai Cofer

Recreation Actor

Dennis R. Dotson

Recreation Actor

Sam Gantous

Recreation Actor

David Hingorany

Recreation Actor

David W. Isaac

Recreation Actor

Josef S. Klus

Recreation Actor

John A. Kraemer

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