![]() ![]() The BBFC took the unusual step of inviting twenty-eight representatives of the major Christian churches to view the film at the BBFC, and also took legal advice from a QC before making a decision. It had been widely available in the UK in an English translation since 1961 without protest being raised or blasphemy charges brought. In fact, the film was not based on the Gospels themselves but on a famous 1952 novel by the Greek author, Nikos Kazantzakis (author of 'Zorba the Greek'). ![]() The BBFC received nearly two thousand letters and petitions from the public and pressure groups, a majority anxious about what they regarded as potentially blasphemous content, and the minority supporting the film's uncut release in the UK. Press reports suggested that the film would contain a 'blasphemous' scene in which Christ fantasises on the cross about making love to Mary Magdelene. Submitted for classification in 1988, this dramatisation of the adult life of Christ attracted notoriety some time before it reached the BBFC. ![]()
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