St. Peter
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Claudia Koll, Daniele Pecci, Flavio Insinna, Lina Sastri, Omar Sharif Director: Giulio Base Brand: ST. PETER (DVD MOVIE) DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.66:1 Running Time: 197 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-03-20 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Lions Gate |
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Movie Reviews of St. Peter
Movie Review: Apocryphal Peter (Simon)
Summary: 3 Stars
I've got to admit that has a Bible scholar, I thought the first half of the movie followed the New Testament story about Peter (in the four gospels) fairly accurately, including the story of Peter in the Book of Acts. Omar Sharif portrayed Peter better than any other Peter I have seen in Hollywood-style movies. The location shots in Tunisia almost made me feel like I was in first century Palestine, especially the Lake Galilee segments.
As I recall, Peter was married, but nowhere in the movie is there any indication or mention of it. The scene with the Day of Pentecost was very interesting to behold, and the screenplay by Salvatore Basile excellently avoids the controversial issue of glossalalia (speaking in tongues).
The issue of Paul versus Peter is treated gently, and Paul's anti-Jewish stance (acceptance of eating with Gentiles) contrasts beautifully with Peter's initial reluctance to accept Gentiles into the fold, but then reconsidering the message of love as told by the Savior.
The use of "LIGHT" to display the enlightening moments in the movie is superb: the resurrected Christ appears in a light-form, light descends on Peter as he blesses Cornelius (the centurion), Paul is blinded by the light, Peter experiences the risen Christ as a voice and a light in a dream-vision, and many other examples.
Every time Peter (Omar Sharif) remembers Christ, it's always as a living memory: "a voice that stays inside you;" "it is Jesus who guides our steps;" "we must act with our hearts, as Jesus taught us." A dramatic point in the story is when Peter takes the disciples to the boat and illustrates how they must all stick together if they are to spread the gospel; they must each hold the handle that steers the boat, and the metaphorical boat they must steer will unite them as brothers as they sail through calm and stormy waters.
The characters that portray the disciples are very believable, displaying human emotions and desires.
Chronology is interesting: "Antioch, some time later; Rome, years later." The resurrection and ascension seem to take place within a 24-hour period (as implied in the Gospels of Mark and Luke).
Where the story seems to take a turn into church tradition -- instead of what is actually found in the New Testament -- is where the disciples are sent to different countries (India, Egypt, etc). That takes place in Chapter 11 (about 1hr 30minutes into the movie). Paul is seen in Rome talking about the story of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery. When someone asks him about what his voice was like, Paul answers, "It's like a flame in the heart that keeps on burning." Here also Peter turns old, and Mary Magdalene (who plays a minor role) takes care of him. And then Mark arrives from Rome to tell Peter that Paul is waiting for him in Rome, and that people in Rome want to meet him. So Mark takes Peter to Rome. The rest of the movie is totally apocryphal (taken from apocryphal literature), including the beheading of Paul, and the upside-down cross that Peter dies on (in Chapter 21).
There is a prolonged romance in Rome between Claudius and Sylvia, which could have been deleted--but Hollywood needed romance! And there are gladiator scenes (ala Hollywood). What happens in Rome during the second half of the movie is Hollywood's (and probably the Vatican's) depiction of what most people now accept as what probably happened to Paul and Peter in Rome. As far as the movie goes, that almost seems like a continuation of the Book of Acts (according to Hollywood/Vatican). So what the writer didn't tell the reader in the Book of Acts, the movies decided to tell us!
So remember, even good biblical movies are in the end "historical fiction."