The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

How does a story that large fit on a few reels of silent film, told without a spoken word, with no precedent? Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet answer it with a procession of scenes running from the proclamation of Christ's birth to his ascension. Madame Moreau plays the Virgin Mary and Monsieur Moreau plays Joseph, both held in the frame as in a stage tableau.