"The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place."
Ulf Palme
as Barabbas
Hugo Björne
as Leper at Death Valley
Eva Dahlbeck
as The Mother
Anders Henrikson
as Roman procurator on Cyprus
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
as Maria of Magdala
Holger Löwenadler
as Thief
Åke Grönberg
as Armful watchman at Rome
Gunnar Hellström
as Worker in pottery
Tor Isedal
as Man at Christian meeting
Margaretha Krook
as Woman in robbers cave
Jarl Kulle
Torsten Lilliecrona
as Supervisor at copper mine on Cyprus
Yvonne Lombard
as Prostitute
Per Oscarsson
as Boy
Sif Ruud
as Fat Woman
Ulf Qvarsebo
as
Toivo Pawlo
as Slave at Mill
Alexander von Baumgarten
as Supervisor at Copper Mine on Cyprus
Inge Wærn
as Hare-lipped
Ellika Mann
Erik Strandmark
as Petrus
Olof Widgren
as Sahak
Georg Årlin
as Lazarus
Olof Sandborg
as Prosecutor at Temple
Åke Fridell
as Eliahu, Robber, Barabbas' Father
Stig Olin
as Member of Barabbas' Gang
Hariette Garellick
Lissi Alandh
Gordon Löwenadler
as Soldier at the prison
Tor Bergner
Eric Gustafson
Lillemor Biörnstad
John W. Björling
Mats Björne
Helga Brofeldt
Martha Colliander
Gregor Dahlman
Elisabeth Dejou
Carl Ericson
Sture Ericson
Albin Erlandzon
Erik Forslund
Anna-Lisa Fröberg
Sven-Eric Gamble
Palle Granditsky
Göthe Grefbo
Manne Grünberger
Gösta Gustafson
Erik Hell
Olle Hilding
Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs
Karin Högsten
Gösta Holmström
Ulf Johansson
Holger Kax
Kolbjörn Knudsen
Peter Lindgren
Olof Lindholm
Åke Lindström
Adèle Lundvall
Sven Magnusson
Segol Mann
Olof Nissmar
Svenerik Perzon
Gösta Prüzelius
Gabriel Rosén
Henrik Schildt
Gunnar Sjöberg
Anna Sjöholm
Georg Skarstedt
Emy Storm
Hans Strååt
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Rune Stylander
Alexander Taikon
Olof Thunberg
Fritz Udén
Birgitta Valberg
Tom Walter
Alf Sjöberg
Director
Pär Lagerkvist
Novel
Writer
Göran Strindberg
Director of Photography
Gunnar Gelbort
Costume Design
Eric Nordemar
Editor
Rune Waldekranz
Producer
Sven Nykvist
Bibi Lindström
Production Design
Moses Pergament
Original Music Composer