The Nativity (film)

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1978 American TV series or program

The Nativity

Genre| Religion
Drama
Family
Written by| Morton S. Fine
Millard Kaufman
Directed by| Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring| Madeleine Stowe
John Shea
Jane Wyatt
Paul Stewart
Audrey Totter
George Voskovec
Music by| Lalo Schifrin
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Executive producers| R.S. Allen
Harvey Bullock
Producer| William P. D'Angelo
Production locations| Almería, Andalucía, Spain
Cinematography| Gábor Pogány
Editors| Jerry Dronsky
Robert Phillips
Running time| 98 minutes
Production company| 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network| ABC
Release| December 17, 1978 (1978-12-17)

The Nativity is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical drama film starring Madeleine Stowe as Mary, set around the Nativity of Jesus and based on the accounts in the canonical Gospels of Matthew and Luke, in the apocryphal gospels of Pseudo-Matthew and James, and in the Golden Legend. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, written by Morton S. Fine and Millard Kaufman, and filmed in Almería, Spain.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Madeleine Stowe as Mary
* John Shea as Joseph
* Jane Wyatt as Anna
* Paul Stewart as Zacharias
* Audrey Totter as Elizabeth
* George Voskovec as Joachim
* Freddie Jones as Diomedes
* John Rhys-Davies as Nestor
* W. Morgan Sheppard as Flavius
* Kate O'Mara as Salome
* Leo McKern as Herod
* Geoffrey Beevers as Eleazar

## Home Video

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The film was released on VHS on October 16, 2001.[1]

## See also

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* Life of the Virgin
* List of Christmas films

## References

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1. ^ "Announcements". hive4media.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2001. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

## External links

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* The Nativity at IMDb

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Films directed by Bernard L. Kowalski

* Hot Car Girl (1958)
* Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
* Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
* Blood and Steel (1959)
* Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
* Stiletto (1969)
* Macho Callahan (1970)
* Terror in the Sky (1971)
* Black Noon (1971)
* Two for the Money (1972)
* Women in Chains (1972)
* The Woman Hunter (1972)
* Sssssss (1973)
* The Nativity (1978)

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