The Greatest Story Ever Told

TCM's Dave Karger introduces The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965.

Jesus (Max Von Sydow) has traveled to Bethany, where Martha (Ina Balin) can't see why he didn't prevent her brother Lazarus' death, Magdalene (Joanna Dunham) among observers as director George Stevens frames the renowned miracle, in The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965.

More big aerial shots with a scripture-derived speech, delivered by The Baptist (Charlton Heston), the first scene for both him and the mature Jesus (Max Von Sydow), in George Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965.

Impressive landscapes, three kings (Cyril Delevanti, Mark Lenard, Frank Silvera) visiting the duly worried Herod (Claude Rains), his son Antipas (Jose Ferrer) standing by, early in George Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965.

Jesus (Max Von Sydow) at Capernaum, producer-director George Stevens taking liberties, as he substitutes the biblical figure Mary Magdalene (Joanna Dunham) for the nameless adulterous woman from the gospel of John, Shelley Winters the next supplicant, in The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965.

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) is an epic re-telling of the life of Christ, directed by George Stevens and starring Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Claude Rains and many more