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He Who Must Die (1957) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1957 · 128 mins · French
- Directed by
- Jules Dassin
- Starring
- Carl Möhner, Jean Servais, Gert Fröbe, Maurice Ronet, René Lefèvre, Grégoire Aslan
Greek village under Turkish occupation in the 1920s, annual passion play; locals cast a stuttering shepherd as Jesus, the ambitious butcher as Judas, a prostitute as Mary Magdalene, etc. As the play proceeds, real violence erupts when war‑displaced refugees arrive; wealthy townspeople conspire a massacre, blurring biblical roles with harsh reality.
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