Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

53 mins | Documentary, Animation, History, TV Movie | April 12, 2019

An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the murder of all male infants born in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, an unproven event that is not mentioned by Titus Flavius Josephus, the main historian of that period.

Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem

53 mins | Documentary, Animation, History, TV Movie | April 12, 2019

Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem
An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the murder of all male infants born in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, an unproven event that is not mentioned by Titus Flavius Josephus, the main historian of that period.
Producers ARTE, ZDF, Screen Queensland, WildBear Entertainment, Anthos Produzioni, Focus Mediaset
Original title Der Kindermörder von Bethlehem? – Herodes der Große
Directors Nik Wansbrough
Writers Michael Eaton, Alan Rosenthal, Nik Wansbrough

Cast

Erik Borner

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Richard Lund

as Young Herod

Tony White

as Old Herod

Will Bergman

as Josephus

Maia Rose Michaels

as Mariamne

Jessica Leighton

as Salome

Russ Gallagher

as Jewish High Priest

Jodi Magness

as Self - Bible Scholar

Helen Bond

as Self - Historian

Steve Mason

as Self - Historian

Henry Abramson

as Self - Historian

Lawrence Schiffman

as Self - Judaism Historian

Daniel R. Schwartz

as Self - Historian

Ariel Samuel Lewin

as Self - Historian

Rhiannon Evans

as Self - Historian

Lucio Troiani

as Self - Historian