The Last Temptation of Christ

England

164 min

1988

Willem Dafoe Alan Rosenberg Del Russel Nehemiah Persoff Donald Hodson Harry Dean Stanton Peter Berling David Bowie Mary Sellers Donna Magnani Penny Brown Dale Wyatt Domenico Fiore Ted Rusoff Illeana Douglas Giovanni Cianfriglia Tomas Arana Doris von Thury Robert Spafford Harvey Keitel Paul Greco Steve Shill Verna Bloom Barbara Hershey Roberts Blossom Barry Miller Gary Basaraba Irvin Kershner Victor Argo Paul Herman John Lurie Leo Burmester Andre Gregory Peggy Gormley Martin Scorsese

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.