Direction: Raffaele Mertes

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Raffaele Mertes. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Bible: Esther (TV)

1999 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Raffaele Mertes

Cast Louise Lombard · F. Murray Abraham · Ornella Muti · Jürgen Prochnow

Synopsis Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), King of the Persians, whose empire now extends from India to Egypt after the defeat of the Babylonians, is holding a celebratory banquet for his people in the citadel of Susa to display his wealth and splendor....

5.4

65 votes

5.4

65 votes

The Friends of Jesus: Mary Magdalene (TV)

2000 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast María Grazia Cucinotta · Massimo Ghini · Giuliana de Sio · Gottfried John

Synopsis When the marriage between Amos and Mary Magdalene turns out to be childless, he casts her out and gets a divorce. Mary has to leave Magdala. She befriends Silvano, a Roman prefect, who promises her a new life at his...

5.3

26 votes

5.3

26 votes

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast Tobias Moretti · Stefania Rivi · Massimo Reale · Ennio Fantastichini

Synopsis The people of Jerusalem are suffering under the reign of HEROD, and are hoping to be delivered from the Roman occupiers by the Messiah # whose arrival, it is rumored, is to take place very soon. Unlike his nephew JUDAS,...

5.2

26 votes

5.2

26 votes

The Holy Family (TV Miniseries)

2006 · Series · 200 min. · Italy

Direction Raffaele Mertes

Cast Alessandro Gassman · Ana Caterina Morariu · Brando Pacitto · Massimiliano Varrese

Synopsis The historical story of how Mary met the carpenter Joseph, the Virgin birth, and the early years of Jesus the boy.

4.9

46 votes

4.9

46 votes

The Friends of Jesus - Judas (TV)

2001 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast Enrico Lo Verso · Danny Quinn · Aglaia Szyszkowitz · Mathieu Carrière

Synopsis PILATE and the Roman legate VETURIUS look on worriedly as JESUS is celebrated as the new messiah in Jerusalem, fearing an uprising. Veturius decides to have Jesus arrested as soon as a suitable opportunity presents itself. JUDAS is delighted by...

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Close to Jesus - Thomas (TV)

2001 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast Mathieu Carrière · María Grazia Cucinotta · Mehmet Gunsur · Mathias Herrmann

Synopsis When Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, THOMAS arrives there. Like most of the other disciples, he had worriedly taken refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jesus's arrest. After Jesus's burial, the disciples decide to leave Jerusalem quickly,...

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Not rated