The Old Testament (film)

Il vecchio testamento
Directed byGianfranco Parolini
Written by
StarringSee below
CinematographyFrancesco Izzarelli
Edited byEdmond Lozzi
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
  • 115 minutes (Europe)
  • 88 minutes (US)
CountryItaly/France

Il vecchio testamento, released in English as The Old Testament, and in Spanish, Los Macabeos (The Maccabees), is a 1962 Italian/French widescreen international co-production epic film shot in Yugoslavia. It is based on the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of Syrian of 167–141 BC. It was directed and co-written by Gianfranco Parolini and starred Brad Harris in one of their frequent collaborations.