--- title: 'Barabbas (1953)' type: 'film' director: 'Alf Sjöberg' released: '1953-01-01' runtime_minutes: 119 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Sweden' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/barabbas-1953' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045541/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Barabbas (1953) 1953 · 119 min · Drama · Sweden ## Synopsis Barabbas is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg. It is based on the 1950 novel Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist about the biblical character who was released instead of Jesus. The film was entered in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. It was one of the biggest Swedish productions of its time. In 1961 an American adaptation of the same novel was released, starring Anthony Quinn in the lead role. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alf Sjöberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/alf-sjoberg) - **Screenplay:** [Alf Sjöberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/alf-sjoberg) - **Original Music Composer:** [Moses Pergament](https://cinepixo.com/people/moses-pergament) - **Producer:** [Rune Waldekranz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rune-waldekranz) - **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist) ## Cast - [Holger Löwenadler](https://cinepixo.com/people/holger-lowenadler) - [Sven-Eric Gamble](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-eric-gamble) - [Sif Ruud](https://cinepixo.com/people/sif-ruud) - [Anders Henrikson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anders-henrikson) - [Torsten Lilliecrona](https://cinepixo.com/people/torsten-lilliecrona) - [Per Oscarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-oscarsson) - [Erik Hell](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-hell) - [Gunnar Sjöberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnar-sjoberg) - [Sture Ericson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sture-ericson) - [Yvonne Lombard](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-lombard) - [Gösta Prüzelius](https://cinepixo.com/people/gosta-pruzelius) - [Peter Lindgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lindgren) - [Erik Strandmark](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-strandmark) - [Hugo Björne](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-bjorne) - [Barbro Hiort af Ornäs](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbro-hiort-af-ornas) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/barabbas-1953 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4858087); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.