

The King of Kings
Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $2.6M
- Language
- No Language
- crucifixion
- resurrection
- silent film
- messiah
- big budget
- jesus christ
- judea
- inspirational
- commanding
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR19 Apr 1927
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical16 Aug 1929
AustriaAT
- Theatrical0Wien, Verein Volkslesehalle, I., Renngasse 10.28 Jun 1928
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1 Dec 1927
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+6 Apr 2023
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical12 Dec 1927
FinlandFI
- Theatrical26 Mar 1928
FranceFR
- PhysicalDVD, Lobster11 Dec 2017
- TVArte3 Apr 2018
GermanyDE
- TVArte2 Apr 2018
HungaryHU
- Theatrical4 Nov 1927
PortugalPT
- Theatrical13 Mar 1928
RussiaSU
- Theatrical4 Nov 1929
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The King of Kings was released on 19 April 1927.
Audience reviews
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CinemaSerf
6/6/2022
As biblical epics go, this is probably the best in my book. Cecil B. de Mille has crafted a masterpiece of silent cinema depicting the tale of the Christ from the beginnings of his journey until the resurrection. Using partly scripted and actual verses from the bible, the intertitles are expertly spaced to offer support to the dialogue when required, but largely we are left to follow the story with the grand scale im…
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