Brad Harris, as Simon, Djordje Nenadovic and Mara Lane in THE OLD TESTAMENT (1963)
If you call your movie OLD TESTAMENT, well, you're asking for it. It's impossible to cram everything from the Old Testament into a 90 minutes movies. So it basically invites criticism that the movie doesn't live up to the title. And it clearly doesn't. I like the movie. The production is excellent with some really glitzy sets (below). The cast is very good. There are some spectacular scenes in it but the story is all over the place (like FURY OF HERCULES, starring Brad Harris and made by the same team of people). It's like a Sunday School Production on steroids. They spent some considerable amount of money for this (huge crowds, big sets...) and the result is unsatisfying, if you expect the title. I don't so I'm ok with it, except for the story. A different title and people would see it differently and appreciate it.
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The film was based on the Maccabean Revolt. Yes, I think the English title was a poor choice. Better foreign titles were:
Los Macabeos (Spanish)
Der Kampf der Makkabäer (German)
La Lutte pour Jéreusalem (French)
Rightly it should have been called The Maccabees as it is based on that story in one of the Apocryphal books which aren't even in all versions of the Bible. But would that title draw a crowd? I doubt it.
But the Italian title is IL VECCHIO TESTAMENTO which is...THE OLD TESTAMENT
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