In the four decades since it made its debut on Palm Sunday and Easter of 1977, I’ve watched Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth in bits and pieces far more often than I’ve watched the whole thing.

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in his cinematic "Romeo and Juliet" and the ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Even if you’re not a devout Christian or a believer in Jesus, you can still watch Season 1 of Jesus of Nazareth (1977) to gain insight into the legends surrounding him. This British-Italian film ...

For as brilliant as the entire 1977 television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth is, the most creatively realized sequences by director Franco Zeffirelli are arguably the depiction of the infancy ...

Today being Easter, the Smithsonian Channel figures it's a good time to debut a series about Jesus. The two-night, four-part documentary, The Real Jesus of Nazareth, kicks off at 7 p.m. today with the ...

I was a young actor a few weeks out of drama school when I first met Franco Zeffirelli, who died a week ago Saturday in Rome. It was the summer of 1973. Two years later, after a screen test at a ...

ROME (AP) — Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in “Romeo and Juliet” and the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — Italian director Franco ...