The Bible Collection is a series of films produced for the TNT and RAI television networks, starting with Abraham in April 1994 and ending with Thomas in April 2001. The Bible Collection consists of a 27-part miniseries in 17 volumes.
The series grew out of an earlier series of Old Testament films produced by the Italian company Five Mile River Films in the 1990s.
Films The films, originally aired as standalone television movies or as short miniseries, have been gathered and released in a numbered collection, with the secondary series title Close to Jesus on installments covering events during the lifetime of Jesus. The order of the collection may vary slightly from the order in which the films were originally produced.
# Title Year Director(s) Biblical figure(s) Runtime1Abraham1993Joseph SargentAbraham184 minutes2Genesis: The Creation and the Flood1994Ermanno OlmiNoah93 minutes3Jacob1994Peter HallJacob93 minutes4Joseph1995Roger YoungJoseph185 minutes5Moses1995Moses182 minutes6Samson and Delilah1996Nicolas RoegSamson and Delilah179 minutes7David1997Robert MarkowitzDavid173 minutes8Solomon1997Roger YoungSolomon170 minutes9Jeremiah1998Harry WinerJeremiah91 minutes10Esther1999Raffaele MertesEsther87 minutes11Jesus1999Roger YoungJesus174 minutes12Joseph of Nazareth2000Raffaele MertesSaint Joseph100 minutes132000Mary Magdalene99 minutes14Paul the Apostle2000Roger YoungPaul the Apostle177 minutes15Judas2001Raffaele MertesJudas Iscariot90 minutes162001Thomas the Apostle93 minutes17The Apocalypse2002John the Apostle93 minutes
See also List of films based on the Bible Restless Heart: The Confessions of Saint Augustine, co-produced by Lux Vide and Rai Fiction
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