Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Conrad Veidt
Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
Marie Ney
Judith (Phase I)
Basil Gill
Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Cicely Oates
Rachel (Phase I)
Anne Grey
Joanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
Bertram Wallis
Boemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)
Hector Abbas
Isaachar (Phase II)
Dennis Hoey
Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
