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The Body

Directed by: Jonas McCord
109 Minutes, 2001

An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man’s tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities test while risking their lives to unearth the truth.

Credits

Director: Jonas McCord

Producer: Rudy Cohen

Cast: Mohammad Bakri

Cast: Antonio Banderas

Cast: Olivia Williams

Cast: John Shrapnel

Cast: Derek Jacobi

Cast: Jason Flemyng

Cast: Lillian Lux

Cast: John Wood

Cast: Makram Khoury

Cast: Vernon Dobtcheff

Cast: Ian McNeice

Cast: Yoav Dekelbaum

Cast: Sami Samir

Cast: Jordan Licht

Cast: Limor Goldstein

Cast: Ariel Horowitz

Cast: Roi Horowitz

Cast: Shai Sharabi

Cast: Lillian Lax

Cast: Arieh Elias

Cast: Sivan Shwartz

Cast: Gilad Bergman

Cast: Halima Abu Aguva

Cast: John Glover

Writer: Richard Sapir

Writer: Jonas McCord

Original music: Serge Colbert

Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor: Alain Jakubowicz

Editor: Lesley Walker