He Who Must Die

Year: 1957

Runtime: 128 mins

Language: French

Director: Jules Dassin

Drama

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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