In a poverty-stricken area, an extravagant film about the life of Jesus Christ is being filmed. The impoverished people are subject to diverse humiliations just to get a bit of food.

Directed: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Scrip: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Music: Carlo Rustichelli

Photography: Tonino Delli Colli (B&W)

Cast: Orson Welles, Mario Cipriani, Laura Betti, Edmonda Aldini, Ettore Garofolo, Maria Bernardini, Elsa De Giorgi, Tomas Milian, Vittorio La Paglia