A.D. (Anno Domini) is a British/Italian miniseries from 1985 in 6 parts which tells the Acts of the Apostles. Dionysius Exiguus invented Anno Domini years to date Easter. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... This article is about the year. ... The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ...

Plot

The Story tells the life historys about Saint Peter and Paul of Tarsus after the Crucifixion of Jesus, and their individual fates in the old Rome in time of Persecution of Christians. Saint Peter, also known as Peter, Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha — original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose from among his original disciples. ... Paul of Tarsus, also known as Saul, Paulus, and Saint Paul the Apostle ( AD 9 – 67),[1] is widely considered to be central to the early development and spread of Christianity, particularly westward from Judea. ... Artistic depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus. ... Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE — 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) coordinates: 41°54′N 12°29′E Time Zone: UTC+1 Administration Subdivisions 19 municipi Province Rome Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni ( The Union ) Characteristics Area 1,285 km² Population 2,547,677 (2005 estimate) Density 1983... Many Christians have experienced persecution from both non-Christians and from other Christians during the history of Christianity. ...

The Cast

• Anthony Andrews - Nero
• Colleen Dewhurst - Antonia Minor
• Ava Gardner - Agrippina the Younger
• David Hedison - Porcius Festus
• John Houseman - Gamaliel
• Richard Kiley - Claudius
• James Mason - Tiberius
• John McEnery - Caligula
• Ian McShane - Sejanus
• Jennifer O'Neill - Messalina
• Millie Perkins - Mary, mother of Jesus
• Denis Quilley - Saint Peter
• Fernando Rey - Seneca the Younger
• Richard Roundtree - Serpenius
• Susan Sarandon - Livilla
• Ben Vereen - The Ethiopian
• Tony Vogel - Aquila
• Jack Warden - Nerva
• Anthony Zerbe - Pontius Pilate
• Neil Dickson - Valerius
• Cecil Humphreys - Caleb
• Amanda Pays - Sarah
• Philip Sayer - Paul of Tarsus
• Diane Venora - Corinna
• Michael Wilding, Jr. - Jesus
• Vincent Riotta - Saint Stephen
• Rebecca Saire - Ruth
• Tom Durham - Cleophas
• Anthony Pedley - Zacchaeus
• Harold Kasket - Caiaphas
• Ralph Arliss - Samuel
• Mike Gwilym - Pallas
• Davyd Harris - Thomas
• Norma Martinelli - Apicata
• Bruce Winant - Seth
• Jonathan Hyde - Tigellinus
• Damien Thomas - Agrippa I
• Derek Hoxby - Agrippa II
• Angela Morant - Priscilla
• Clive Arrindell - Cassius Chaerca
• Paul Freeman - Centurion Cornelius
• Andrea Prodan - Britannicus
• Akosua Busia - Claudia Acte
• Vernon Dobtcheff - Titus Flavius Sabinus
• Gerrard McArthur - Luke the Evangelist
• Jane How - Poppaea Sabina
• Jonathan Tafler - Aaron
• Richard Kane - Agrippa Postumus
• Barrie Houghton - Ananias
• Maggie Wickman - Apicata
• Alan Downer - Barnabas
• Martin Potter - Gaius Calpurnius Piso
• Colin Haigh - James the Just
• Renato Scarpa - Lucius Marinus
• Roderick Horn - Marcellus
• John Wheatley - Mark the Evangelist
• Joss Buckley - Matthew the Evangelist
• David Sumner - Saint Matthias
• Stephen Finlay - Nicanor
• Katia Thandoulaki - Claudia Octavia
• Eddie Grossman - Parmenas
• David Haughton - Petronius
• John Steiner - Simon Magus
• Robert Wentz - Thrasyllus
• Philip Anthony - Saint James the Great
• Peter Blythe - Procuius
• Gary Brown - Philip of Side
• Peter Howell - Atticus
• David Rintoul - Pope Linus
• Ned Vukovic - Triumvir

Antony Andrews (b. ... Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37 – June 9, 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68). ... Colleen Dewhurst (born June 3, 1924; died August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-born actress best known for playing Marilla Cuthbert in the various Anne of Green Gables productions from Sullivan Entertainment. ... Julia Antonia Cretica Minor (the younger) (31 January 36 BC - September/October 37 AD) or Antonia the Younger or simply known as Antonia. ... Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. ... Julia Agrippina (Classical Latin: IVLIA•AGRIPPINA; from the year 50, called IVLIA•AVGVSTA•AGRIPPINA[1]), most commonly known as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger (November 6, 15 – March 59), was the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina Major. ... David Hedison is seen playing CIA agent Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die. ... Porcius Festus was procurator of Judea from about 58 to 62 AD, succeeding Antonius Felix. ... John Houseman John Houseman (September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born actor and film producer. ... Gamaliel the Elder, or Rabbi Gamaliel I, was the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder. ... Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor, though he is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series. ... For other uses, see Claudius (disambiguation). ... James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... Tiberius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16, 42 BC – March 16 AD 37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37. ... John McEnery (born 1 November 1943 in Birmingham, England) is a British actor and writer. ... Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41), most commonly known as Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 37 to 41. ... Ian McShane (born 29 September 1942 in Blackburn) is a British actor. ... Lucius Aelius Seianus (or Sejanus) (20 BC – October 18, 31 AD) was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of Tiberius, and for a time the most influential and feared citizen of Rome. ... Jennifer ONeill Jennifer ONeill (born February 20, 1948) is an American actress. ... Valeria Messalina Valeria Messalina or Messalina (About 18 AD - 48 AD) was a Roman Empress and third wife to Roman Emperor Claudius. ... Millie Perkins (born May 12, 1938 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American actress. ... According to the New Testament, Mary (Judeo-Aramaic מרים Maryām Bitter; Arabic مريم (Maryam); Septuagint Greek Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; Geez: ማሪያም, Māryām; Syriac: Mart, Maryam, Madonna), was the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, who at the time of his conception was the betrothed wife of Saint Joseph (cf. ... Denis Quilley (December 26, 1927 - October 5, 2003) was a British theatre, television and film character actor who was long associated with the Royal National Theatre. ... Saint Peter, also known as Peter, Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha — original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose from among his original disciples. ... Fernando Rey Fernando Casado DArambillet, known as Fernando Rey, (September 20, 1917 - March 9, 1994) was born in A Coruña, Spain, then known as La Coruña, the son of Colonel Casado Veiga. ... Bust, traditionally thought to be Seneca, now identified by some as Hesiod. ... Richard Roundtree Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942 in New Rochelle, New York) is an African American actor and hero famous for portraying John Shaft in the film Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels: Shafts Big Score in 1972, and Shaft in Africa in 1973. ... Sarandon in The Banger Sisters Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Livilla (?), sister of Germanicus (Claudia) Livia Julia, also known by her family nickname of Livilla (the little Livia) (circa 13 BC–AD 31) was the only daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia. ... Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor. ... Aquila (Gk. ... Jack Warden (September 18, 1920 – July 19, 2006) was an American actor. ... For other uses, see Nerva (disambiguation). ... Anthony Zerbe (born May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, California) is an American stage, film and television actor. ... Ecce Homo (Behold the Man!), Antonio Ciseris depiction of Pontius Pilate presenting a scourged Jesus of Nazareth to the people of Jerusalem Pilate redirects here. ... Neil Dickson is a British actor, who has worked extensively in both American and British film and television. ... Amanda Pays (born on 6 June 1959 in London, England) is an English actress. ... Paul of Tarsus, also known as Saul, Paulus, and Saint Paul the Apostle ( AD 9 – 67),[1] is widely considered to be central to the early development and spread of Christianity, particularly westward from Judea. ... Diane Venora (born August 10, 1952) is an American stage, television, and film actress. ... Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE — 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... Saint Stephen, Protomartyr, depicted by Carlo Crivelli in 1476 with three stones and the martyrs palm. ... In the New Testament, Cleophas is the single English rendering of two men, who are in the Greek originalsCleopas, an abbreviated form of Cleopatros, a commonplace Hellenistic name meaning son of a renowned father, and the other Clopas. Cleopas was one of the two disciples to whom the risen... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Yehosef Bar Qayyafa (Hebrew יְהוֹסֵף בַּר קַיָּפָא), also known as Caiaphas (Greek καϊάφας) in the New Testament, was the Jewish high priest to whom Jesus was taken after his arrest in the garden of Gethsemane, and who played a part in Jesus trial before the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate. ... Ralph Arliss is a British actor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Jude Thomas. ... Jonathan Hyde as J. Bruce Ismay in Titanic (1997) Jonathan Hyde (born May 21, 1947 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a British stage actor. ... Gaius Ophonius Tigellinus, also known as Sophonius Tigellinus, was a minister and favourite of the emperor Nero. ... Damien Thomas (born 11 April 1942 in Ismailia, Egypt) is an actor noted for his roles in British films and television. ... Front and back of a Judean coin from the reign of Agrippa I. Agrippa I also called the Great (10 BC - 44 AD), king of Judea, the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus IV and Berenice. ... Agrippa II (AD 27 - 100), son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa. ... Prisca, also known as Priscilla, was one of the earliest evangelists of Jesus Christ. ... Paul Freeman (born January 18, 1943) is a British actor. ... Cornelius was a Roman centurion who is considered by Christians to be the first Gentile convert to the faith, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, 10:1. ... Britannicus (41 - 55 A.D.) was the son of the Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina. ... Akosua Busia (born December 30, 1966) is a Ghanaian actress based in the U.S.. The daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, the ex-prime minister of the Republic of Ghana, Akosua is a princess of the Royal Family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti. ... Claudia Acte was a freedwoman of ancient Rome who was the mistress of the emperor Nero. ... Vernon Dobtcheff (b. ... Titus Flavius Sabinus was the name of three notable Ancient Romans, father, son and grandson. ... Luke was, according to tradition, the painter of the first icon Luke the Evangelist (Greek Λουκάς Loukas) is said by tradition to be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the third and fifth books of the New Testament. ... Jane How is a British actress with a range of television credits. ... Poppaea Poppaea Sabina (died 65) was the second wife of the Roman Emperor Nero. ... Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus, (12 BC-14 AD) also known as Agrippa Postumus or Postumus Agrippa, was a son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. ... Ananias is the Greek form of Hananiah (Hebrew for Yahweh is gracious), or Ananiah, a name occurring several times in the Old Testament and Apocrypha (Nehemiah 3:23, 1 Chronicles 15:23, Tobit 5:12. ... Barnabas was an early Christian mentioned in the New Testament. ... Martin Potter (born 4 October 1944 in Nottingham) is a British actor. ... Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Roman statesman, orator and patron of literature in the 1st century AD, is known chiefly for his share in the conspiracy of AD 65 against Nero. ... Saint James the Just (יעקב Holder of the heel; supplanter; Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ), also called James Adelphos or the Brother of the Lord and sometimes identified with James the Lesser, (died AD 62) was an important figure in Early Christianity. ... Mark the Evangelist (Greek: Markos) (1st century) is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. ... Rembrandts The Evangelist Matthew Inspired by an Angel Matthew the Evangelist (מתי Gift of the LORD, Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew Mattay; Septuagint Greek Ματθαιος, Matthaios) is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Matthew. ... Saint Matthias is the Apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot, following Judas betrayal of Jesus and suicide (Acts 1:21 - 26). ... Octavia was the name of three women of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty of ancient Rome: two were sisters of Augustus Caesar, and the younger was the daughter of Claudius and wife of Nero. ... Petronius (c. ... John Steiner is a British actor, born on 7 January, 1941 in Chester, United Kingdom. ... Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, is the name used by the ancient Christian Orthodoxy to refer to someone they identified as a Samaritan (Proto-)Gnostic, and, also according to ancient Christian Orthodoxy, founder of his own religious sect. ... Saint James the Great (d. ... Philip of Side (ca 380 - after 431), a historian of the early Christian church, was born at Side, the ancient Greek Iconium, Pamphylia (the modern Konya, Turkey). ... Pope Linus (d. ...

The Crew

• Directed by: Stuart Cooper
• Teleplay by: Anthony Burgess & Vincenzo Labella
• Produced by: Tarak Ben Ammar & Vincenzo Labella
• Music by: Lalo Schifrin
• Director Of Photography: Ennio Guarnieri, AIC
• Film Editor: John A. Martinelli, ACE
• Costumes by: Enrico Sabbatini

Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was an English novelist and critic. ... Tarak Ben Ammar (born on June 12, 1949 in Tunis, Tunisia) is an international movie producer and distributor, famous in taking interest in artistic movies, especially when they are related to Mediterranean culture or require North African settings during shooting. ... Lalo Schifrin Lalo Schifrin (born on June 21, 1932) is an Argentine Jewish pianist and composer, most famous for composing the burning-fuse theme tune from the Mission:Impossible television series. ... AIC may stand for: AIC Limited, a mutual fund Co. ... Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself. ... Enrico Sabbatini (b. ...

External links

• A.D. at the Internet Movie Database