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Oscar Isaac
Jesus Christ (voice)
Kenneth Branagh
Charles Dickens (voice)
Uma Thurman
Catherine Dickens (voice)
Pierce Brosnan
Pontius Pilate (voice)
Roman Griffin Davis
Walter Dickens (voice)
Forest Whitaker
Peter (voice)
Ben Kingsley
High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
Mark Hamill
King Herod (voice)
Ava Sanger
Mary Dickens (voice)
Jim Cummings
James the Greater / Pharisee Hillel (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
Willa the Cat (voice)
Fred Tatasciore
Pharisee Eleazar (voice)
James Arnold Taylor
Melchior / Matthew / Thomas / Phillip / Young Jesus (voice)
Vanessa Marshall
Mary of Bethany / Adulteress (voice)
Mick Wingert
Gaspar / Pharisee Mahaliell (voice)
Imari Williams
Balthazar / Bartholomew (voice)
Frank Todaro
Gestas (voice)
Millicent Miereanu
Martha (voice)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 14 2025

Charles Dickens has a young son who loves stories of King Arthur and Camelot, of dragons and sword play - and refuses to go to bed until his father regales him with a story. This evening, though, dad tries a different tack by telling him a tale of the king of kings. The lad is suitably sceptical but is soon engrossed in a story of Jesus and the birth of Christianity. This animation uses a paternally Dickensian narration to plonk the young Walter amidst the scenarios as Jesus fights temptation in the desert, has his battles with the nasty Pharisees and recruits his group of followers who share h...