Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Conrad VeidtMatathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
- Marie NeyJudith (Phase I)
- Basil GillPontius Pilate (Phase I)
- Cicely OatesRachel (Phase I)
- Anne GreyJoanne de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
- Bertram WallisBoemund, Prince of Tarentum (Phase II)
- Hector AbbasIsaachar (Phase II)
- Dennis HoeyLord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
- Jack LiveseyGodfrey, Duke of Normandy (Phase II)
- Kiyoshi TakasePhirous (Phase II)
