At the end of World War I, a Greek village that is prospering under laissez-faire Turkish dominion and practicing for its annual Easter passion play finds itself host to a horde of starving peasants, survivors of a distant massacre. Fearing the wrath of the Turkish bey, the village elders refuse them refuge, but a few—including the local harlot, cast as Mary Magdalene, and an illiterate shepherd youth assigned to play Jesus—come to their aid, with fateful consequences. Adapting Nikos Kazantzakis’s Christ Recrucified, Dassin and fellow blacklist exile Ben Barzman create a timeless parable of righteous defiance in the face of corrupt authority. We are pleased to present a newly restored 35mm archival CinemaScope print, courtesy of MGM.